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Taxa Associated with the Family Tremoctopodidae Tryon, 1879

Michael J. Sweeney and Richard E. Young

(data as of June 2002)

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

In 1834-1848:91, Poulpe pls 18, 19, 29 fig 2[fide Tillier and Boucher-Rodoni (1994:101);
authorship and taxon dated from plates 18-19]
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

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)]

References

Adam, W. 1942.  Notes sure les Céphalopodes, XXI.- A propos d'une publication peu connue de A. Risso, 1854.  Bulletin du Musée royal d'Histoire naturelle de Belgique, 18(25):1-36.

Akimushkin, I.I. 1963.  Cephalopods of the Seas of the U.S.S.R.  Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., Institute of Oceanology, Mocow, 235 pages, 60 figures. [In Russian]

Belloc, G. 1950.  Catalogue des types de Céphalopodes du Musée Océanographique de Monaco.  Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, 970:1-10.

Berry, S.S. 1912.  A catalogue of Japanese Cephalopoda.  Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 64(2):380-444, 5 plates.

Brock, J. 1882.  Zur anatomic und systematik der Cephalopoden.  Zietschrift fur Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 36:543-610, 4 plates.

delle Chiaie, S. 1823-1831.  Memoire sulla storia e notomia degli Animali senza vertibre del Regno di Napoli. 4 volumes, atlas. Napoli.  [Dates of publication listed in Isis, 1836:291]

D'Orbigny, A. 1834-1847.  Mollusques.  Voyage dans l'Amerique Meridionale, 5(3):1-758, Atlas of 85 plates. [See Sherborn and Griffin (1934) for dates of publication]

Ferussac, A.E. de 1835.  Note sur des Céphalopodes nouveaux.  Annales des Sciences Naturelles, (series 2)3:339-390.

Hoyle, W.E. 1904.  Reports on the Cephalopoda.  Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, in Cambridge, 43(1):1-72, 12 plates.

Hoyle, W.E. 1909.  A catalogue of the recent Cephalopoda, second supplement, 1897-1906.  Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh, 17(6):254-299.

Hoyle, W.E. 1910.  A list of the generic names of Dibranchiate Cephalopoda with their type species.  Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 32:407-413.

Johnson, R.I. 1977.  Arnold Edward Ortmann, a bibliography of his work on mollusks, with a catalogue of his Recent molluscan taxa.  Occasional Papers on Mollusks, 4(58):229-244.

Joubin, L. 1895.  Contribution a l'Éstude des Céphalopodes de l'Atlantique Nord.  Resultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies sur yacht par Albert I Prince souverain de Monaco, 9:1-63, 6 plates.

Kirk, T.W. 1884.  On a new cuttle-fish, Tremoctopus robsonianus, obtained by C.H. Robson at Napier.  Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 16(1883):549-550. [Published May 1884]

Lu, C.C., R. Boucher-Rodoni and A. Tillier. 1995.  Catalogue of types of Recent Cephalopoda in the Museum national d'Histoire Naturelle (France).  Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, (series 4)17(3-4):307-343.

Marshall, B.A. 1996.  Molluscan name-bearing types in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.  Tuhing: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 9:1-85.

Nesis, K.N. 1982.  Abridged key to the cephalopod Molluscs of the world's oceans. Moscow: Light and Food Industry Publishing House, 385 pages. (In Russian; see Nesis, 1987 for abridged English translation)

Nesis, K.N. 1987.  Cephalopods of the World; Squids, cuttlefishes, Octopuses, and Allies. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, NJ, USA, 351 pages.

Ortmann, A. 1888.  Japanische Cephalopoden.  Zoologische Jahrbucher,(Systematik), 3:639-670, 6 plates.

O’Shea, S. 1999.  The marine fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusc: Cephalopoda). National Institute of Water and Atmosphere, Wellington N.Z., Biodiversity Memoir, 112: 280 pages, 156 figures.

Rafinesque, C.S. 1814.  Precis des Decouvertes et Travaux Somiologiques de Mr. C.S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz entre 1800 et 1814 ou choix raisonne de ses principales Decouvertes en Zoologie et en Botanique. 56 pages. Palermo.

Rang, M.S. 1837.  Documents pour servir a l'histoire naturelle des céphalopodes crypyobranches.  Magasin de Zoologie, 7(Cl.V.):1-77, 16 plates.

Reynaud, A. 1831.  P. mycrostome. O. mycrostoma. Reynaud.  Magasin de Zoologie, 1:species 23, 1 plate.

Risso, A. 1854.  Mollusques Céphalopodes vivants observes dans les parage méditerranéen du Comte de Nice. 81 pages, 33 plates, Nice.

Robson, G.C. 1929.  A Monograph of the Recent Cephalopoda. Part I Octopodinae. 236 pages, 89 figures, 7 plates. London: British Museum.

Robson, G.C. 1932.  A Monograph of the Recent Cephalopoda. Part II. The Octopoda. 359 pages, 79 figures, 6 plates. London: British Museum.

Roper, C.F.E. and M.J. Sweeney. 1978.  A catalog of the type-specimens of Recent Cephalopoda in the National Museum of Natural History.  Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 278:1-19.

Sherborn, C.D. and F.J. Griffin. 1934.  On the dates of publication of the Natural History portions of Alcida d'Orbigny's ‘Voyage Amerique Meridionale’.  Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (series 10)13:130-134.

Souleyet, F.L. 1841-1852.  Mollusques, volume 2, 664 pages (1852). In: Voyage autour du monde execute pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette La Bonite. Zoologie par MM. Eydoux et Souleyet. 2 volumes and atlas of 101 plates [atlas published 1841, but without Latin species names]. Paris.

Sweeney, M.J., C.F.E. Roper, and F.G. Hochberg. 1988.  Catalog of the type specimens of Recent Cephalopoda described by S. Stillman Berry.  Malacologia, 29(1):7-19.

Thomas, R.F. 1977.  Systematics, distribution and biology of cephalopods of the genus Tremoctopus (Octopod: Tremoctopodidae).  Bulletin of Marine Science, 27(3):353-392, 18 figures.

Tillier, A., and R. Boucher-Rodoni. 1994.  Ferussac and d'Orbigny's "Histoire naturelle générale et particuliere des Céphalopodes acétabulifères": Dates of Publication of Plates and Text.  Nautilus, 107(3)(1993):97-103. [Actual publication date 2 Feb. 1994]

Tryon, G.W. 1879.  Manual of Conchology; Structural and Systematic, with Illustrations of the Species. Volume 1, Cephalopoda, 316 pages, 112 plates. Philadelphia.

Verany, J.B. 1846.  Catalogo delgi animali invertebrati marini del Golfo di Genova e Nizza. 30 pages, 3 plates. Genoa.

Verany, J.B. 1847.  [On six new species from the Mediterranean.]  Atti della Ottava Riunione degli Scienziati Italiani tenuta in Genova dal XIV al XXXIX Settembre MDCCXLVI, pp. 512-514. [Plates in Verany (1846) Catalogo degli animali ...]

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