Pinnoctopus

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Pinnoctopus
Pinnoctopus cordiformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Octopodidae
Genus: Pinnoctopus
d'Orbigny, 1845 in 1845-1847
Species

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Pinnoctopus is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae. It is of doubtful validity.

Species

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Taxonomic note

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ITIS treats Pinnoctopus as a synonym of Octopus Cuvier, 1797. While the World Register of Marine Species treats it as a nomen dubium, has P. cordiformis as a species of doubtful validity and assigns P. kermadecensis to Octopus.[1]

References

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