WoRMS name details
Macrotritopus scorpio (S. S. Berry, 1920)
534534 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534534)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (unresolved, potential name for West Atlantic "defillipi")
Species
Octopus scorpio (S. S. Berry, 1920) · unaccepted
Polypus scorpio S. S. Berry, 1920 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Polypus scorpio S. S. Berry, 1920) Berry, S. S. (1920). Preliminary diagnosis of new cephalopods from the western Atlantic. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 58(2335): 293-300., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7290393
page(s): 299 [details]
page(s): 299 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Macrotritopus scorpio (S. S. Berry, 1920). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534534 on 2025-04-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Polypus scorpio S. S. Berry, 1920) Berry, S. S. (1920). Preliminary diagnosis of new cephalopods from the western Atlantic. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 58(2335): 293-300., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7290393
page(s): 299 [details]
page(s): 299 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
