WoRMS taxon details
Pinnoctopus A. d'Orbigny, 1845
341453 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:341453)
accepted
Genus
Octopus cordiformis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 accepted as Pinnoctopus cordiformis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) (type by monotypy)
Callistoctopus Iw. Taki, 1964 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Pinnoctopus alpheus (M. Norman, 1993)
- Species Pinnoctopus aspilosomatis (M. Norman, 1993)
- Species Pinnoctopus bunurong (Stranks, 1990)
- Species Pinnoctopus cordiformis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
- Species Pinnoctopus cuvieri (A. d'Orbigny, 1826)
- Species Pinnoctopus dierythraeus (M. Norman, 1993)
- Species Pinnoctopus furvus (A. A. Gould, 1852)
- Species Pinnoctopus gracilis (Y. Tang, X.-D. Zheng & C.-C. Lu, 2024)
- Species Pinnoctopus graptus (M. Norman, 1993)
- Species Pinnoctopus kermadecensis (S. S. Berry, 1914)
- Species Pinnoctopus luteus (M. Sasaki, 1929)
- Species Pinnoctopus macropus (Risso, 1826)
- Species Pinnoctopus nocturnus (M. Norman & Sweeney, 1997)
- Species Pinnoctopus ornatus (A. A. Gould, 1852)
- Species Pinnoctopus paucilamellus (Y. Tang, X.-D. Zheng & C.-C. Lu, 2024)
- Species Pinnoctopus rapanui (G. L. Voss, 1979)
- Species Pinnoctopus sparsus (Y. Tang, X.-D. Zheng & C.-C. Lu, 2024)
- Species Pinnoctopus tenuipes (J.-H. Li, C-.X. Xu & X.-D. Zheng, 2022)
- Species Pinnoctopus xiaohongxu (X.-D. Zheng, C.-X. Xu & J.-H. Li, 2022)
- Species Pinnoctopus taprobanensis (G. C. Robson, 1926) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Pinnoctopus lechenaultii (A. d'Orbigny, 1826) accepted as Pinnoctopus cuvieri (A. d'Orbigny, 1826) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1845-1847). <i>Mollusques vivants et fossiles ou description des toutes les espèces de coquilles et de mollusques classées suivant leur distribution géologique et géographique</i>. Vol. 1 [all issued]. Paris: Gide & Co.. 605 pp. [1-432 (1845); 433-576 (1846); 577-605 (1847)]; Atlas: 36 pls. [details unknown]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14399494
page(s): 193 [1845]; pl. 2 [1847] [details]
page(s): 193 [1845]; pl. 2 [1847] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pinnoctopus A. d'Orbigny, 1845. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=341453 on 2026-06-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1845-1847). <i>Mollusques vivants et fossiles ou description des toutes les espèces de coquilles et de mollusques classées suivant leur distribution géologique et géographique</i>. Vol. 1 [all issued]. Paris: Gide & Co.. 605 pp. [1-432 (1845); 433-576 (1846); 577-605 (1847)]; Atlas: 36 pls. [details unknown]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14399494
page(s): 193 [1845]; pl. 2 [1847] [details]
original description (of Callistoctopus Iw. Taki, 1964) Taki, Iw. (1964). On eleven new species of the Cephalopoda from Japan, including two new genera of Octopodinae. <em>Journal of the Faculty of Fisheries and Animal Husbandry, Hiroshima University.</em> 5(2): 277-343., available online at https://ir.lib.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/files/public/4/40363/20160613104509553385/JFacFishAnim_5_277.pdf
page(s): 292 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 193 [1845]; pl. 2 [1847] [details]
original description (of Callistoctopus Iw. Taki, 1964) Taki, Iw. (1964). On eleven new species of the Cephalopoda from Japan, including two new genera of Octopodinae. <em>Journal of the Faculty of Fisheries and Animal Husbandry, Hiroshima University.</em> 5(2): 277-343., available online at https://ir.lib.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/files/public/4/40363/20160613104509553385/JFacFishAnim_5_277.pdf
page(s): 292 [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
status source
O'Shea, S. (1999). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 112 : 1-280. [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Ibáñez, C. M.; Fenwick, M.; Ritchie, P. A.; Carrasco, S. A.; Pardo-Gandarillas, M. C. (2020). Systematics and phylogenetic relationships of New Zealand benthic octopuses (Cephalopoda: Octopodoidea). <em>Frontiers in Marine Science.</em> 7(182): 1-13., available online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00182 [details]
[request]status source Ibáñez, C. M.; Fenwick, M.; Ritchie, P. A.; Carrasco, S. A.; Pardo-Gandarillas, M. C. (2020). Systematics and phylogenetic relationships of New Zealand benthic octopuses (Cephalopoda: Octopodoidea). <em>Frontiers in Marine Science.</em> 7(182): 1-13., available online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00182 [details]
