original description
(of Octacnemus patagoniensis Metcalf, 1893) Metcalf, M. M. (1893). Notes upon an apparently new species of Octacnemus, a deep-sea, salpa-like Tunicate. <em>John Hopkins Univ. Calif.</em> 12(106): 98-100. [details]
basis of record
Ihle, J. E. W. (1935). Octacnemus. <em>Handbuch der Zoologie.</em> 35(2): 533-544. [details]
additional source
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
From editor or global species database
Genetic nomenclature abbreviation Pctpat [details]