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Species Octopus cornutus (Owen, 1881)

Tritaxeopus cornutus Owen, R. 1881. Descriptions of some new and rare Cephalopoda. Pt 2. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 11: 131-170 pls 23-35 [131] [nomen dubium].
Type data:
Status unknown, Australia.
Secondary source:
Robson, G.C. 1929. A Monograph of the Recent Cephalopoda. Pt 1 The Octopodinae. London : British Museum (Natural History) 236 pp., 7 pls.

Generic Combinations

Octopus cornutus (Owen, 1881). —
Robson, G.C. 1932. A Monograph of the Recent Cephalopoda. Pt 2. The Octopoda (excluding the Octopodinae). London : British Museum (Natural History) 359 pp. 6 pls.

Introduction

Nomen dubium.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2014	OCTOPODIDAE	20-Jan-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Mark Norman
		29-Mar-2010	MODIFIED