NARMS taxon details
Macrotritopus Grimpe, 1922
534121 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534121)
accepted
Genus
Octopus gracilis A. E. Verrill, 1884 accepted as Macrotritopus equivocus (G. C. Robson, 1929) (type by original designation)
- Species Macrotritopus defilippi (Vérany, 1851)
- Species Macrotritopus danae (Joubin & G. C. Robson, 1929) accepted as Scaeurgus unicirrhus (Delle Chiaje, 1841) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Macrotritopus kempi G. C. Robson, 1929 accepted as Macrotritopus defilippi (Vérany, 1851) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Macrotritopus equivocus (G. C. Robson, 1929) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, juvenile: identity unresolved)
- Species Macrotritopus scorpio (S. S. Berry, 1920) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, unresolved, potential name for West Atlantic "defillipi")
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Grimpe, G. (1922). Systematische Üebersicht der Europäischen Cephalopoden. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Leipzig.</em> 45-48: 36-52.
page(s): 41 [details]
page(s): 41 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Macrotritopus Grimpe, 1922. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534121 on 2025-05-17
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Macrotritopus Grimpe, 1922. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=534121 on 2025-05-17
original description
Grimpe, G. (1922). Systematische Üebersicht der Europäischen Cephalopoden. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Leipzig.</em> 45-48: 36-52.
page(s): 41 [details]
basis of record 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. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date</i>. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls.
page(s): 145 [details]
page(s): 41 [details]
basis of record 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. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date</i>. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls.
page(s): 145 [details]
