World Register of Deep-Sea species - Tremoctopus delle Chiaje, 1830

Deep-Sea taxon details

Tremoctopus delle Chiaje, 1830

AphiaID

138563 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138563)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Tremoctopodidae Tryon, 1879 (1845)

Original name

Tremoctopus delle Chiaje, 1830

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Species Tremoctopus violaceus Delle Chiaje, 1830

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

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]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10021 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tremoctopus delle Chiaje, 1830. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138563 on 2026-07-07

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Tremoctopus delle Chiaje, 1830. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138563 on 2026-07-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2013-09-28 11:08:03Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2018-02-07 15:28:10Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2020-01-28 18:00:35Z

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Marshall, Bruce

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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]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10021 [details]

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.
page(s): 240 [details]

additional source Thomas, R.F. (1977). Systematics, distribution, and biology of cephalopods of the genus Tremoctopus (Octopoda: Tremoctopodidae). Bulletin of Marine Science. 27(3): 353-392., available online at https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1977/00000027/00000003/art00001# [details]

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Introduced: alien

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Language	Name
English	blanket octopuses	[details]

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