Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Infraclass 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*	Chiaie, 1830 in 1823-1831	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Greek: Χταπόδι παλάμη

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	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

Link To CLEMAM

External Links

Link To GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2010). Tremoctopus violaceus Delle Chiaje, 1830. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2012) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141694