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 scorpio (S. S. Berry, 1920)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: unresolved
Name Status: species inquirenda

Original genus

Polypus Leach, 1817

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Literature

status source

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

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Macrotritopus scorpio (S. S. Berry, 1920). 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:534534

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Environment


marine, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2022-10-01 by Bruce Marshall

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