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

Macrotritopus defilippi (Vérany, 1851)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Macrotritopus*	Grimpe, 1922	accepted genus name
*Octopus (Macrotritopus)*	Grimpe, 1922	synonym

Species group names

*Macrotritopus kempi*	G. C. Robson, 1929	synonym
*Octopus defilippi*	Vérany, 1851	synonym
*Octopus kempi*	(G. C. Robson, 1929)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Atlantic longarm octopus; lilliput longarm octopus; lilliput long-armed octopus sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Atlantischer Langarmkrake; Langarmkrake

Literature

basis of record	Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin 66:127–154.
additional source	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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Macrotritopus defilippi (Vérany, 1851). 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:534126