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Pinnoctopus

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Pinnoctopus
Pinnoctopus cordiformis
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Pinnoctopus

d'Orbigny, 1845 in 1845-1847
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Pinnoctopus is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae. It is of doubtful validity.

Species

Taxonomic note

ITIS treats Pinnoctopus as a synonym of Octopus Cuvier, 1797. While the World Register of Marine Species treats it as a nomen dubium, has P. cordiformis as a species of doubtful validity and assigns P. kermadecensis to Octopus.[1]

References

  1. ^ Philippe Bouchet, ed. (2017). "Pinnoctopus d'Orbigny, 1845". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 May 2018. {{cite web}}: More than one of editor-name-list parameters specified (help)