WoRMS name details
Octopus (Macrotritopus) Grimpe, 1922
1046162 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1046162)
unaccepted
Subgenus
- Species Octopus (Macrotritopus) danae Joubin & G. C. Robson, 1929 accepted as Scaeurgus unicirrhus (Delle Chiaje, 1841) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Octopus (Macrotritopus) equivocus G. C. Robson, 1929 accepted as Macrotritopus equivocus (G. C. Robson, 1929) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Macrotritopus Grimpe, 1922) Grimpe, G. (1922). Systematische Üebersicht der Europäischen Cephalopoden. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Leipzig.</em> 45-48: 36-52.
page(s): 41 [details]
page(s): 41 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Octopus (Macrotritopus) Grimpe, 1922. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1046162 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Macrotritopus Grimpe, 1922) Grimpe, G. (1922). Systematische Üebersicht der Europäischen Cephalopoden. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Leipzig.</em> 45-48: 36-52.
page(s): 41 [details]
basis of record Robson, G. C. (1929). Notes on the Cephalopoda.—VIII. The genera and subgenera of Octopodinæ and Bathypolypodinæ,. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (series 10) 3(18): 607-608. [published 1 June 1929]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932908673017
page(s): 607 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 41 [details]
basis of record Robson, G. C. (1929). Notes on the Cephalopoda.—VIII. The genera and subgenera of Octopodinæ and Bathypolypodinæ,. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (series 10) 3(18): 607-608. [published 1 June 1929]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932908673017
page(s): 607 [details] Available for editors

Other
additional source
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): 311 [details]
page(s): 311 [details]