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Nominal Genus-Level Taxa

(Philonexis) D'Orbigny, 1834 In 1834-1847:14.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Tremoctopus Chiaie, 1830 In 1823-1831 [fide Hoyle (1910:411)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Octopus (Philonexis) quoyanus D'Orbigny, 1834; species first mentioned

Tremoctopus Chiaie, 1830 In 1823-1831:pls 70, 71.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid genus [fide Robson (1932:206)]
TYPE SPECIES. -- Tremoctopus violaceus Chiaie, 1830 In 1823-1831 by monotypy

Nominal Species-Level Taxa (As Introduced Binomial)

Octopus (Philonexis) atlanticus D'Orbigny, 1834 In 1834-1847:19, pl 2 figs 1-4.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Tremoctopus violaceus Chiaie, 1830 In 1823-1831 [fide Thomas (1977:385)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Syntypes; specimens not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:311)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 24°S, 30°W and 23°N, 35°W of Paris [fide Lu et al. (1995:311)]

Tremoctopus doderleini Ortman, 1888:642, pl 20.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Ocythoe tuberculata Rafinesque, 1814 [fide Berry (1912:385)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MZUS Holotype [fide Johnson (1977:236)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Tokyo Bay, Japan

Tremoctopus gelatus Thomas, 1977:371, figs 10-12.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Nesis (1987:326)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNH Holotype 727076 [fide Roper and Sweeney (1978:7)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Boynton Beach, Florida, Atlantic Ocean

Octopus gracilis Souleyet, 1852:13, pl 1 figs 8-9.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid subspecies; Tremoctopus violaceus gracilis [fide Thomas (1977:369)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Syntype 5-8-1106, other syntype not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:316)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 8°N, 106°W of Paris (Pacific Ocean)

Tremoctopus hirondellei Joubin, 1895:10, pl 1 figs 1-2, pl 2 figs 1-3.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Argonauta or Ocythoe [fide Thomas (1977:386)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MOM Holotype [station 151] [fide Belloc (1950:3)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 44°28'56"N, 46°48'15"W (Atlantic Ocean)

Octopus hyalinus Rang, 1837:66, pl 92.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. --?Tremoctopus gelatus Thomas, 1977 [fide Thomas (1977:385)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Type; specimen not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:317)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated

Tremoctopus joubini Hoyle, 1909:258.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- New name for [proposed incorrectly] and junior synonym of Tremoctopus microstomus (Reynaud, 1831) =  Tremoctopus violaceus Chiaie, 1830 In 1823-1831 [fide Robson (1932:207)]

Octopus koellikerii Verany, 1847:513.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Tremoctopus violaceus Chiaie, 1830 In 1823-1831 [fide Thomas (1977:385)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; MHNN? Holotype? [other Verany taxa there fide G.L. Voss (pers. comm.)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Mediterranean[?]

Tremoctopus lucifer Akimushkin, 1963:140, figs 37-38.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Tremoctopus violaceus Chiaie, 1830 In 1823-1831 [fide Thomas (1977:386)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. – Lost, Syntypes [fide K. Nesis (pers. comm.)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- South of Lesser Kuril Islands

Ocythoe mezzaro Risso, 1854:49, pl 23 figs 1-2.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. --?Tremoctopus sp. [fide Unresolved]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Areas of fine sand [?Nice]

Octopus mycrostoma Reynaud, 1831:species 23, pl 23.

[plate as microstoma].

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Tremoctopus violaceus Chiaie, 1830 In 1823-1831 [fide Thomas (1977:384)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Type; specimen not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:321)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Between 33°N, 35°W and 35°N of Paris (Atlantic Ocean) [fide Lu et al. (1995:321)]

Tremoctopus ocellatus Brock, 1882:601, pl 37 figs 1-2.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Species dubium [fide Thomas (1977:386)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Messina [?]

Octopus (Philonexis) quoyanus D'Orbigny, 1834 In 1834-1847:17, pl 2 figs 6-8.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Tremoctopus violaceus Chiaie, 1830 In 1823-1831 [fide Thomas (1977:356)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Type; specimen not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:323)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 24° or 26°S, 30°W of Paris (Atlantic Ocean)

Tremoctopus robsoni Kirk, 1884:549.

[robsonianus in title of paper]

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide O’Shea (1999:107)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- NMNZ Neotype M.118407 [fide O’Shea (1999:108)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Mayor Island, New Zealand

Tremoctopus scalenus Hoyle, 1904:13, pl 4 figs 6-9.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species?; ?Octopus macropus [fide Thomas (1977:386)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved
TYPE LOCALITY. -- 7°06'N, 79°48'W (Pacific Ocean)

Ocythoe velata Risso, 1854:pl 24.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Tremoctopus violaceus Chiaie, 1830 In 1823-1831 [fide Adam (1942:21)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- Unresolved; MHNN?
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated

Octopus velatus Rang, 1837:60, pl 89.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. --?Tremoctopus Chiaie, 1830 In 1823-1831 [fide Robson (1929:217)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Types; specimens not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:327)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Valencia coasts [Spain] and harbor of Alger [Algeria]

Octopus velifer Ferussac, 1835

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Tremoctopus violaceus Chiaie, 1830 In 1823-1831 [fide Unresolved]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Syntype 5-8-1101 [fide Lu et al. (1995:327)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Mediterranean

Tremoctopus violaceus Chiaie, 1830 In 1823-1831:pls 70-71.

CURRENT SYSTEMATIC STATUS. -- Valid species [fide Nesis (1987:326)]
TYPE REPOSITORY. -- MNHN Holotype; specimen not extant [fide Lu et al. (1995:327)]
TYPE LOCALITY. -- Not designated

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Type Repositories

MHNN-Museum d'Histoire Naturelle (Musée Barla), 60 bis blvd Risso, 06300 Nice, France.

MNHN-Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Laboratoire Biologie Invertebres Marins et Malacologie, 55, rue de Buffon, 75005 Paris 05, France.  [For type catalog see Lu et al. (1995)]

MOM- Musée Océanographique, Avenue Saint-Martin, Monaco-Ville, MC 98000, Monaco.  [For type catalog see Belloc (1950)]

MZUS-Musée Zoologique, Universite Louis Pasteur & de la Ville de Strasbourg, 29 Boulevard de la Victoire, F67000 Strasbourg, France.  [See Johnson (1977) for Ortmann types]

NMNH-National Museum of Natural History, 10th & Constitution Avenue, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, U.S.A. (formerly USNM).  [For type catalogs see Roper and Sweeney (1978); Sweeney et al. (1988)]

NMNZ-National Museum of New Zealand, P.O. Box 467, Wellington, New Zealand (formerly Colonial Museum; Dominion Museum).  [For type catalog see Marshall (1996)]

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