Fourhorn Octopus

Pteroctopus tetracirrhus

Classification

Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Octopodidae

Pteroctopus is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae. Species Pteroctopus eurycephala * (Taki, 1964) Pteroctopus hoylei (Berry, 1909) – Pacific Fourhorn Octopus Pteroctopus keralensis * (Oommen, 1966) Pteroctopus schmidti (Joubin, 1933) – Dana Octopus Pteroctopus tetracirrhus (Delle Chiaje, 1830 in 1823-1831) – Fourhorn Octopus or Atlantic Fourhorn Octopus Pteroctopus witjazi * Akimushkin, 1963 The species listed above with an asterisk (*) are taxon inquirendum and need further study to determine if they are valid species or synonyms. References External links…

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Spain · 47

Sources and credits

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Fourhorn Octopus

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