Pinnoctopus
Genus of molluscs
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Pinnoctopus is a genus of octopuses belonging to the family Octopodidae. It has been considered to be a synonym of Octopus but some authorities treat it as a valid taxon.
| Pinnoctopus | |
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| Pinnoctopus cordiformis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Octopodidae |
| Genus: | Pinnoctopus d'Orbigny, 1845 |
| Type species | |
| Octopus cordiformis | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Species
Pinnoctopus contains the following valid species:[1]
- Pinnoctopus alpheus (M. Norman, 1993)
- Pinnoctopus aspilosomatis (M. Norman, 1993)
- Pinnoctopus bunurong (Stranks, 1990)
- Pinnoctopus cordiformis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
- Pinnoctopus dierythraeus (M. Norman, 1993)
- Pinnoctopus furvus (A. A. Gould, 1852)
- Pinnoctopus gracilis (Y. Tang, X.-D. Zheng & C.-C. Lu, 2024)
- Pinnoctopus graptus (M. Norman, 1993)
- Pinnoctopus kermadecensis (S. S. Berry, 1914)
- Pinnoctopus lechenaultii (A. d'Orbigny, 1826)
- Pinnoctopus luteus (M. Sasaki, 1929)
- Pinnoctopus macropus (Risso, 1826)
- Pinnoctopus nocturnus (M. Norman & Sweeney, 1997)
- Pinnoctopus ornatus (A. A. Gould, 1852)
- Pinnoctopus paucilamellus (Y. Tang, X.-D. Zheng & C.-C. Lu, 2024)
- Pinnoctopus rapanui (G. L. Voss, 1979)
- Pinnoctopus sparsus (Y. Tang, X.-D. Zheng & C.-C. Lu, 2024)
- Pinnoctopus tenuipes (J.-H. Li, C-.X. Xu & X.-D. Zheng, 2022)
- Pinnoctopus xiaohongxu (X.-D. Zheng, C.-X. Xu & J.-H. Li, 2022)
Taxonomic note
Pinnoctopus is treated as a synonym of the genus Octopus Cuvier, 1797 by some authorities. However, the World Register of Marine Species follows MolluscaBase and treats it as a valid taxon.[2] The type species of the genus, P. cordiformis, is not universally regarded as a valid taxon and has been posited as being synonymous with Enteroctopus zealandicus.[3][4]
