Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > 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)*	A. d'Orbigny, 1835	synonym
*Philonexis*	A. d'Orbigny, 1835	synonym

Species group names

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

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: blanket octopus; common blanket octopus; common umbrella octopus; palmate 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.;van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

German: Löcherkrake common 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.

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].
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	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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tremoctopus violaceus Delle Chiaje, 1830. 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:141694