Pteroctopus keralensis
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
creator: Finn, Julian
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Pteroctopus keralensis (Oommen, 1966)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pteroctopus keralensis (Oommen, 1966). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=535760 on 2026-08-29
created: 2010-10-23T23:13:51Z
modified: 2017-11-19T22:54:40Z
replaces: 535759
replaces: 342289
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Pteroctopus keralensis (Oommen, 1966)
class: Cephalopoda
family: Octopodidae
genus: Pteroctopus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Oommen, V.P. (1966). The Octopoda of the Kerala Coast. 1. A new species of the genus Berrya Adam, 1943. Bulletin of the Department of Marine Biology and Oceanography, University of Kerala. 2: 51-60.
name published in year: 1966
order: Octopoda
parent name usage ID: 138269
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: (Oommen, 1966)
specific epithet: keralensis
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: taxon inquirendum