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Pteroctopus tetracirrhus (Delle Chiaje, 1830)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Mollusca
class
Cephalopoda
order
Octopoda
family
Octopodidae
genus
Pteroctopus
species
Pteroctopus tetracirrhus

Name

Synonyms
Octopus cocco Vérany, 1846
Octopus tetracirrhus Delle Chiaje, 1830
Octopus tetracirrhus, 1823-1831
Octopus titanotus (Troschel, 1857)
Scaeurgus titanotus Troschel, 1857
Homonyms
Pteroctopus tetracirrhus (Delle Chiaje, 1830)
Common names
Atlantic fourhorn octopus in English
Atlantic fourhorn octopus in English
Atlantischer Vierhornkrake in German
Atlantischer Vierhornkrake in German
Fourhorn octopus in English
Polpo incamiciato in Italian
Pulpo cuatro cuernos in Spanish
fourhorn octopus in English
fourhorn octopus in English
Τετράκερο χταπόδι in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Τετράκερο χταπόδι in Greek, Modern (1453-)
Fourhorn Octopus in English
Atlantic fourhorn octopus in English
Atlantischer Vierhornkrake in German
Polpo incamiciato in Italian
fourhorn octopus in English
Τετράκερο χταπόδι in Greek, Modern (1453-)

Bibliographic References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Lu, C. C., R. Boucher-Rodoni and A. Tillier, 1995: Catalogue of types of recent Cephalopoda in the Museum national d'Histoire Naturelle (France). Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, (series 4) 17 (3-4). 307-343.
  4. 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.
  5. Robson, G. C., 1929: null. A Monograph of the Recent Cephalopoda. Part I. Octopodinae. 1-236.
  6. Sweeney, M. J. and C. F. E. Roper / N. A. Voss, M. Vecchione, R. B. Toll and M. J. Sweeney, eds., 1998: Classification, type localities and type repositories of recent Cephalopoda. Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II). 561-599.
  7. WoRMS Editorial Board (2018) WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species
  8. delle Chiaie, S., 1823: null. Memoire sulla storia e notomia degli Animali senza vertibre del Regno di Napoli..
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