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

Macrotritopus Grimpe, 1922

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Octopus (Macrotritopus) Grimpe, 1922 synonym

Children

Macrotritopus defilippi (Vérany, 1851)
Macrotritopus equivocus (G. C. Robson, 1929)
Macrotritopus scorpio (S. S. Berry, 1920)

Literature

original description

Grimpe, G. (1922). Systematische Üebersicht der Europäischen Cephalopoden. Sitzungsberichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Leipzig. 45-48: 36-52.

basis of record

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. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO]. 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Macrotritopus Grimpe, 1922. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534121

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2017-11-27 by Julian Finn

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