Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Octopodiformes > Order Octopoda > Suborder Incirrata > Superfamily Octopodoidea > Family Octopodidae > Genus Scaeurgus

Scaeurgus unicirrhus (Delle Chiaje [in de Férussac & d'Orbigny], 1841)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

ScaeurgusTroschel, 1857accepted genus name

Species group names

Octopus unicirrhus Delle Chiaje [in de Férussac & d'Orbigny], 1841 basionym
Octopus rufus Risso, 1854 synonym
Octopus unicirrhus Delle Chiaje [in de Férussac & d'Orbigny], 1841 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: Atlantic warty octopus; unicorn octopus sources: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms
 Greek: Μονόκερο χταπόδι

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

Norman M.D., Hochberg F.G. & Boucher-Rodoni R. 2005. A revision of the deep-water octopus genus Scaeurgus (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) with description of three new species from the southwest Pacific Ocean. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 71(4): 319-337

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

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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Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
Barcode of Life
GenBank (8 nucleotides; 5 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Scaeurgus unicirrhus (Delle Chiaje [in de Férussac & d'Orbigny], 1841). 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:140607

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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Last modified

2013-11-17 by Serge Gofas

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