MolluscaBase - Philonexis A. d'Orbigny, 1835

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Philonexis A. d'Orbigny, 1835

AphiaID

742643 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:742643)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Tremoctopus delle Chiaje, 1830

Rank

Genus

Parent

Tremoctopodidae Tryon, 1879

Original name

Octopus (Philonexis) A. d'Orbigny, 1835

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Species Philonexis eylais (A. d'Orbigny, 1834) accepted as Cranchia scabra Leach, 1817 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Philonexis hyalinus (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) accepted as Tremoctopus violaceus Delle Chiaje, 1830
Species Philonexis quoyanus (A. d'Orbigny, 1834) accepted as Tremoctopus violaceus Delle Chiaje, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Philonexis velifer A. d'Orbigny, 1835 accepted as Tremoctopus violaceus Delle Chiaje, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Octopus (Philonexis) A. d'Orbigny, 1835) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834-1847). <i>Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833</i>. Tome 5(3) Mollusques. pp. i-xliii, 1-758, 85 plates [pls 1-2, 1834; pp. 1-104, pls 3-7, 10, 12, 1835; pp. 105-184, pls 8-9, 11, 13-23, 25-28, 1836; pls 24, 29-43, 41bis, 45-46, 1837; pp. 185-376, pls 44, 47-52, 55, 1838; pls 54, 56-65, 1839; pl. 66, 1840; pp. 377-488, pls 53, 67-77, 80, 1841; pp. 489-758, 1846; pls 78-79, 82-85, 1847]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49211253
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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Philonexis A. d'Orbigny, 1835. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/10.1371/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=742643 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2013-10-15 18:11:01Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2018-02-07 15:28:10Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2024-03-23 18:56:46Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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original description (of Octopus (Philonexis) A. d'Orbigny, 1835) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834-1847). <i>Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833</i>. Tome 5(3) Mollusques. pp. i-xliii, 1-758, 85 plates [pls 1-2, 1834; pp. 1-104, pls 3-7, 10, 12, 1835; pp. 105-184, pls 8-9, 11, 13-23, 25-28, 1836; pls 24, 29-43, 41bis, 45-46, 1837; pp. 185-376, pls 44, 47-52, 55, 1838; pls 54, 56-65, 1839; pl. 66, 1840; pp. 377-488, pls 53, 67-77, 80, 1841; pp. 489-758, 1846; pls 78-79, 82-85, 1847]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49211253
page(s): 14 [details]