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Macrotritopus defilippi (Vérany, 1851)

To NHMUK collection (Octopus kempi (Robson, 1929); SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2437340)
To NHMUK collection (Octopus kempi (Robson, 1929); SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2437340)

534126 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534126)

accepted
Species
Macrotritopus kempi G. C. Robson, 1929 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Octopus defilippi Vérany, 1851 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Octopus kempi (G. C. Robson, 1929) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Octopus defilippi Vérany, 1851) Vérany G.B. 1851. Mollusques méditeranéens [sic] observés, décrits, figurés et chromolitographiés d'après le vivant. 1. Céphalopodes de la Méditerranée. Gênes [Genova], imprimerie des Sourds-Muets pp. i-xvi, 1-132, with 44 plates. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/104831
page(s): 30-32, pl. 11 ig. d, f [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Macrotritopus defilippi (Vérany, 1851). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=534126 on 2026-09-10
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Macrotritopus defilippi (Vérany, 1851). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=534126 on 2026-09-10
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2010-10-17 13:28:46Z
created
Bouchet, Philippe
2017-11-27 22:18:06Z
changed
Finn, Julian

original description (of Macrotritopus kempi G. C. Robson, 1929) Robson, G. C. (1929). XLI.—Notes on the Cephalopoda.—VII. On <em>Macrotritopus</em>, Grimpe, with a description of a new species. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (series 10) 3(15): 311-313., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932908672975
page(s): 312 [details] 

original description (of Octopus defilippi Vérany, 1851) Vérany G.B. 1851. Mollusques méditeranéens [sic] observés, décrits, figurés et chromolitographiés d'après le vivant. 1. Céphalopodes de la Méditerranée. Gênes [Genova], imprimerie des Sourds-Muets pp. i-xvi, 1-132, with 44 plates. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/104831
page(s): 30-32, pl. 11 ig. d, f [details] 

context source (CoRMS) Guerrero-Kommritz, J. & Rodriguez-Bermudez, A. 2018. Soft-bottom octopods (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) of the southern Caribbean with the description of a new species of Macrotritopus. Marine Biodiversity https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-018-0903-8, available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-018-0903-8 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. <i>Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin</i> 66:127–154. [details] 

additional source 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. [details] 
 
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English lilliput longarm octopus [from synonym]Atlantic longarm octopus [from synonym]  [details]
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Macrotritopus kempi G. C. Robson, 1929)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Octopus defilippi Vérany, 1851)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Macrotritopus defilippi) 
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 28 proteins) 
To GenBank (65 nucleotides; 28 proteins) (from synonym Octopus defilippi Vérany, 1851)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NHMUK collection (Octopus kempi (Robson, 1929); SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2437340) (from synonym Octopus kempi (G. C. Robson, 1929))
To PESI (from synonym Macrotritopus kempi G. C. Robson, 1929)
To PESI (from synonym Octopus kempi (G. C. Robson, 1929))
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Octopus defilippi Vérany, 1851)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Octopus defilippi Vérany, 1851)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096644) 
From editor or global species database
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