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

Scaeurgus unicirrhus (Delle Chiaje [in de Férussac & d'Orbigny], 1841)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Scaeurgus*	Troschel, 1857	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Octopus unicirrhus*	Delle Chiaje [in de Férussac & d'Orbigny], 1841	basionym
*Octopus rufus*	Risso, 1854	synonym
*Octopus unicirrhus*	Delle Chiaje [in de Férussac & d'Orbigny], 1841	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Atlantic warty octopus; unicorn octopus sources: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

Greek: Μονόκερο 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	Norman M.D., Hochberg F.G. & Boucher-Rodoni R. 2005. A revision of the deep-water octopus genus Scaeurgus (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) with description of three new species from the southwest Pacific Ocean. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 71(4): 319-337
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.
additional source	Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin 66:127–154.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
Barcode of Life
GenBank (8 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Scaeurgus unicirrhus (Delle Chiaje [in de Férussac & d'Orbigny], 1841). 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:140607