Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Octopodiformes > Order Octopoda > Suborder Incirrata > Superfamily Octopodoidea > Family Octopodidae > Genus Pteroctopus

Pteroctopus tetracirrhus (Delle Chiaje, 1830)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pteroctopus*	P. Fischer, 1882	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Octopus cocco*	Vérany, 1846	synonym
*Octopus tetracirrhus*	Delle Chiaje, 1830	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: fourhorn octopus sources: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

Greek: Τετράκερο χταπόδι

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GBIF

Citation

Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Pteroctopus tetracirrhus (Delle Chiaje, 1830). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140606