WoRMS taxon details
Pteroctopus hoylei (S. S. Berry, 1909)
342051 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342051)
accepted
Species
Berrya hoylei (S. S. Berry, 1909) · unaccepted
Danoctopus hoylei (S. S. Berry, 1909) · unaccepted
Hapaloctopus albidus Taki, 1962 · unaccepted (synonym)
Octopus hoylei (S. S. Berry, 1909) · unaccepted
Octopus hoylei var. annae G. C. Robson, 1929 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Polypus hoylei S. S. Berry, 1909 · unaccepted (original combination)
Pteroctopus albidus (Taki, 1962) · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Polypus hoylei S. S. Berry, 1909) Berry, S. S. (1909). Diagnoses of new cephalopods from the Hawaiian Islands. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 37: 407-419., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15556684
page(s): 407 [details]
page(s): 407 [details]
Type locality contained in Hawaii
type locality contained in Hawaii [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pteroctopus hoylei (S. S. Berry, 1909). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342051 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Octopus hoylei var. annae G. C. Robson, 1929) Robson, G. C. (1929). A monograph of the recent Cephalopoda based on the collections in the British Museum (Natural History). Part I. Octopodinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. Pp. 1-236, pls 1-7. [published 27 July 1929]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48282680
page(s): 220 [details]
original description (of Polypus hoylei S. S. Berry, 1909) Berry, S. S. (1909). Diagnoses of new cephalopods from the Hawaiian Islands. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 37: 407-419., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15556684
page(s): 407 [details]
original description (of Hapaloctopus albidus Taki, 1962) Taki, I. (1962). On species newly added to the fauna of Japanese Cephalopoda [in Japanese]. <em>Dobutsu-Gaku Zasshi [Zoological Magazine, Tokyo].</em> 71: 397-398.
page(s): 397 [details]
basis of record Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. <i>Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin</i> 66:127–154. [details]
page(s): 220 [details]
original description (of Polypus hoylei S. S. Berry, 1909) Berry, S. S. (1909). Diagnoses of new cephalopods from the Hawaiian Islands. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 37: 407-419., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15556684
page(s): 407 [details]
original description (of Hapaloctopus albidus Taki, 1962) Taki, I. (1962). On species newly added to the fauna of Japanese Cephalopoda [in Japanese]. <em>Dobutsu-Gaku Zasshi [Zoological Magazine, Tokyo].</em> 71: 397-398.
page(s): 397 [details]
basis of record Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. <i>Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin</i> 66:127–154. [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Norman M.D., Finn J.K. & Hochberg F.G. (2014). Family Octopodidae. pp. 36-215, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date</i>. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls. [details]
additional source Norman M.D., Finn J.K. & Hochberg F.G. (2014). Family Octopodidae. pp. 36-215, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date</i>. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat deep shelf to bathyal [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Pacific fourhorn octopus | [details] |
| German | Pazifischer Vierhornkrake | [details] |
| Japanese | ヤワハダダコ | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Berrya hoylei (S. S. Berry, 1909))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Polypus hoylei S. S. Berry, 1909)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Polypus hoylei S. S. Berry, 1909)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Polypus hoylei S. S. Berry, 1909)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Polypus hoylei S. S. Berry, 1909)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Polypus hoylei S. S. Berry, 1909)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Polypus hoylei S. S. Berry, 1909)
To ITIS
