African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Eledone Leach, 1817

AphiaID

138267 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138267)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Eledonidae Rochebrune, 1884

Original name

Eledone Leach, 1817

Synonymised names

Aphrodoctopus Roper & Mangold, 1991 · unaccepted

Ozoena Rafinesque, 1814 · unaccepted

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Species Eledone cirrhosa (Lamarck, 1798)
Species Eledone massyae G. L. Voss, 1964
Species Eledone moschata (Lamarck, 1798)
Species Eledone schultzei (Hoyle, 1910)
Species Eledone aldrovandi (delle Chiaje, 1830) accepted as Eledone cirrhosa (Lamarck, 1798)
Species Eledone thysanophora G. L. Voss, 1962 accepted as Eledone schultzei (Hoyle, 1910) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

Leach W.E. (1817). Synopsis of the orders, families and genera of the class Cephalopoda. The Zoological Miscellany; being descriptions of new or interesting animals. 3(30):137-141., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28687004
page(s): 138 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Eledone Leach, 1817. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138267 on 2026-09-06

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Eledone Leach, 1817. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138267 on 2026-09-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2016-05-03 09:13:11Z

changed

Finn, Julian

2018-02-07 15:28:10Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2026-04-24 12:57:22Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Leach W.E. (1817). Synopsis of the orders, families and genera of the class Cephalopoda. The Zoological Miscellany; being descriptions of new or interesting animals. 3(30):137-141., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28687004
page(s): 138 [details]

original description (of Ozoena Rafinesque, 1814) Rafinesque, C.S. (1814). Précis des découvertes et travaux somiologiques de Mr. C.S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz entre 1800 et 1814; ou choix raisonné de ses principales découvertes en zoologie et en botanique, pour servir d'introduction à ses ouvrages futurs. [Summary of the discoveries and somiological works of Mr. C.S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz between 1800 and 1814; or reasoned selection of his principal discoveries in zoology and botany, to serve as an introduction to his future works.]. Palerme. :1-55., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/27701 [details]

additional source Gofas, S., Afonso, J.P. & Brandào, M. (1985). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp. Printed without date. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Norman M.D., Finn J.K. & Hochberg F.G. (2014). Family Octopodidae. pp. 36-215, 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. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Eledone)
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