African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Aphrodoctopus Roper & Mangold, 1991

AfReMaS name details

Aphrodoctopus Roper & Mangold, 1991

AphiaID

225580 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225580)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Eledone Leach, 1817

Rank

Genus

Parent

Eledonidae Rochebrune, 1884

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Species Aphrodoctopus schultzei (Hoyle, 1910) accepted as Eledone schultzei (Hoyle, 1910)
Species Aphrodoctopus schultzi (Hoyle, 1910) accepted as Aphrodoctopus schultzei (Hoyle, 1910) accepted as Eledone schultzei (Hoyle, 1910) (misspelling of specific epithet)

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Aphrodoctopus Roper & Mangold, 1991. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225580 on 2025-11-16

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) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Aphrodoctopus Roper & Mangold, 1991. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225580 on 2025-11-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-22 08:02:13Z

created

Wambiji, Nina

2016-04-25 22:36:27Z

changed

Finn, Julian

2016-05-08 02:18:57Z

changed

Finn, Julian

2018-02-07 15:28:10Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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Sources (2)
Links (2)

basis of record Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

status 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]

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