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

Eledone cirrhosa (Lamarck, 1798)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Eledone*	Leach, 1817	accepted genus name
*Hallia*	Rochebrune, 1884	later homonym
*Hallia*	Rochebrune, 1884	synonym
*Hoylea*	Rochebrune, 1885	synonym
*Ozoena*	Rafinesque, 1814	synonym

Species group names

*Octopus cirrhosus*	Lamarck, 1798	basionym
*Hallia sepioidea*	Rochebrune, 1884	synonym
*Octopus cirrhosus*	Lamarck, 1798	synonym
*Ozoena aldrovandi*	Rafinesque, 1814	synonym
*Sepia octopodia*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: pop blanc sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

Dutch: kleine achtarm sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: curled octopus; horned octopus sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

English-United States: Curled Octopus sources: Charles Hussey

French: elédone; pieuvre blanche sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Greek: Λευκοχτάποδο sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: pulpo blanco

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	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (57 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Barcode of Life
GenBank (29 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Eledone cirrhosa. 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:140600