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WoRMS taxon detailsScaeurgus unicirrhus (Delle Chiaje, 1841)
140607 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140607)
accepted
Species
Macrotritopus danae (Joubin & G. C. Robson, 1929) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Octopus (Macrotritopus) danae Joubin & G. C. Robson, 1929 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Octopus cocco Risso, 1854 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Octopus rufus Risso, 1854 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
Octopus unicirrhus Delle Chiaje, 1841 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
marine,
(of Octopus unicirrhus Delle Chiaje, 1841) Delle Chiaje, S. (1841-1844). Descrizione e notomia degli animali invertebrati della Sicilia citeriore osservati vivi negli anni 1822-1830. <em>Batteli & Co., Naples.</em> Parts 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10031#/summary [details]
Distribution circum-(sub)tropical
Distribution circum-(sub)tropical [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Scaeurgus unicirrhus (Delle Chiaje, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140607 on 2025-07-02
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Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Octopus cocco Risso, 1854) Risso A. (1854). <em>Mollusques Céphalopodes vivants observés dans le parage méditerranéen du Comté de Nice</em>. 81 pages, 33 plates, Nice. page(s): 59, pl. 27 [details] original description (of Octopus unicirrhus Delle Chiaje, 1841) Delle Chiaje, S. (1841-1844). Descrizione e notomia degli animali invertebrati della Sicilia citeriore osservati vivi negli anni 1822-1830. <em>Batteli & Co., Naples.</em> Parts 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10031#/summary [details] original description (of Octopus (Macrotritopus) danae Joubin & G. C. Robson, 1929) Joubin, L. & Robson, G. C. (1929). On a new species of <em>Macrotritopus</em> obtained by Dr. J. Schmidt's 'Dana' Expedition, with remarks on the genus. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1929(1): 89-94., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1929.tb07689.x page(s): 90 [details] basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] Othercontext source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details] additional source Norman M.D., Hochberg F.G. & Boucher-Rodoni R. 2005. A revision of the deep-water octopus genus <i>Scaeurgus</i> (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) with description of three new species from the southwest Pacific Ocean. <i>Journal of Molluscan Studies</i>, 71(4): 319-337, available online at http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/content/71/4/319.full.pdf [details] additional source Judkins, H. L., M. Vecchione, and C. F. E. Roper. 2009. Cephalopoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 701–709 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] additional source Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. <i>Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin</i> 66:127–154. [details] additional source Norman M.D., Finn J.K. & Hochberg F.G. (2014). Family Octopodidae. pp. 36-215, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date</i>. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls. [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Neotype designated by Norman et al. (2005) from Banyuls, Mediterranean coast of France [details]Unreviewed
Distribution circum-(sub)tropical [details]Habitat deep shelf to upper slope [details]
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Macrotritopus danae (Joubin & G. C. Robson, 1929)) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Octopus unicirrhus Delle Chiaje, 1841) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Octopus cocco Risso, 1854) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Scaeurgus unicirrhus) To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 32 proteins) To GenBank (28 nucleotides; 32 proteins) (from synonym Octopus unicirrhus Delle Chiaje, 1841) To PESI (from synonym Octopus rufus Risso, 1854) To PESI (from synonym Octopus unicirrhus Delle Chiaje, 1841) To PESI (from synonym Macrotritopus danae (Joubin & G. C. Robson, 1929)) To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To ITIS |
