Pinnoctopus

Pinnoctopus
Pinnoctopus cordiformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Octopodidae
Genus: Pinnoctopus
d'Orbigny, 1845
Type species
Octopus cordiformis
Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Callistoctopus Taki, 1964

Pinnoctopus is a genus of octopuses belonging to the family Octopodidae. It has been considered to be a synonym of Octopus but some authorities treat it as a valid taxon.

Species

Pinnoctopus contains the following valid species:

Taxonomic note

Pinnoctopus is treated as a synonym of the genus Octopus Cuvier, 1797 by some authorities. However, the World Register of Marine Species follows MolluscaBase and treats it as a valid taxon. The type species of the genus, P. cordiformis, is not universally regarded as a valid taxon and has been posited as being synonymous with Enteroctopus zealandicus.

References

  1. ↑ "Pinnoctopus A. d'Orbigny, 1845". MolluscaBase. MolluscaBase eds. 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
  2. ↑ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2017). "Pinnoctopus d'Orbigny, 1845". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  3. ↑ Norman, M.D.; Finn, J.K.; and Hochberg, F.G. (2016). "Family Octopodidae". In P. Jereb; C.F.E Roper; M.D. Norman; and J.K. Finn (eds.). Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date (PDF). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 3. Vol. 3 Octopods and Vampire Squids. Rome: FAO.
  4. ↑ M.D. Norman and F.G. Hochberg (2005). "The current state of octopus taxonomy" (PDF). Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin. 66: 127–154.