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

Tremoctopodidae Tryon, 1879

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Tremoctopus delle Chiaje, 1830

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Chinese: Shuī-Kŏng-Xiāo-Kē sources: Lu, C.C. & Chung, W.S. (2017). Guide to the cephalopods of Taiwan. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 560 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-2569-4.

Japanese: ムラサキダコ科

Literature

original description	Tryon, G. W. (1878-1879). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, ser. 1., vol. 1: Cephalopoda. pp 1-316, pls 1-112. Philadelphia, published by the author. [pp. 1-64, pls. 1-22, Dec. 30, 1878; pp. 65-128, pls. 23-40, 29, March 1879; pp. 129-192, pls. 41-89, 28, June 1879; pp. 193-316, pls. 90-112, 6 October 1879].
basis of record	Finn J.K. (2014). Family Tremoctopodidae. pp. 240-243, 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.
status source	Taite, M.; Fernández-Álvarez, F.; Braid, H.; Bush, S.; Bolstad, K.; Drewery, J.; Mills, S.; Strugnell, J.; Vecchione, M.; Villanueva, R.; Voight, J.; Allcock, A. (2023). Genome skimming elucidates the evolutionary history of Octopoda. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 182: 107729.
identification resource	Lu, C.C. & Chung, W.S. (2017). Guide to the cephalopods of Taiwan. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 560 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-2569-4.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tremoctopodidae Tryon, 1879. 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:11790