Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Octopodiformes > Order Octopoda > Suborder Incirrata > Superfamily Argonautoidea > Family Tremoctopodidae > Genus Tremoctopus

Tremoctopus violaceus Delle Chiaje, 1830

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Tremoctopus*	delle Chiaje, 1830	accepted genus name
*Octopus (Philonexis)*	d'Orbigny, 1835	synonym
*Philonexis*	d'Orbigny, 1835	synonym

Species group names

*Octopus (Philonexis) atlanticus*	d'Orbigny, 1834	synonym
*Octopus (Philonexis) quoyanus*	d'Orbigny, 1834	synonym
*Octopus koellikeri*	Vérany, 1851	synonym
*Octopus microstomus*	Reynaud, 1830	synonym
*Octopus semipalmatus*	Owen, 1836	synonym
*Octopus velatus*	Rang, 1837	synonym
*Octopus velifer*	de Férussac, 1835	synonym
*Ocythoe mezzaro*	Risso, 1854	synonym
*Ocythoe velata*	Risso, 1854	synonym
*Philonexis velifer*	de Férussac & d'Orbigny, 1840	synonym
*Tremoctopus hirondellei*	Joubin, 1895	synonym
*Tremoctopus ocellatus*	Brock, 1882	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: common blanket octopus; palmate octopus sources: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

Greek: Χταπόδι παλάμη

Literature

original description	Delle Chiaje S. 1823-1831. Memorie sulla storia e notomia degli animali senza vertebre del regno di Napoli. Napoli: Fratelli Fernandes (vol. 1), and Società Tipografica (vol. 2-4). Vol. 1, pp. i-xii, 1-84 [1823], pp. 1-184 [1824]; vol. 2, pp. [1-4] + 185-224 [1825], pp. 225-444 [1826]; vol. 3, pp. i-xx, pp. 1-232 [1828]; vol. 4, pp. i-vii [1831], 1-116 [1830], pp. 117-214 [1831]; pl. 1-4; pl. 1-69 [date?], pl. 70-109 [1830][dates according to Sherborn, 1922]
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.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (131 publications)
GenBank (9 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Tremoctopus violaceus 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:141694