Pteroctopus Explained

Pteroctopus is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae.

Species

• Pteroctopus eurycephala * (Taki, 1964)
• Pteroctopus hoylei (Berry, 1909) – Pacific Fourhorn Octopus
• Pteroctopus keralensis * (Oommen, 1966)
• Pteroctopus schmidti (Joubin, 1933) – Dana Octopus
• Pteroctopus tetracirrhus (Delle Chiaje, 1830 in 1823-1831) – Fourhorn Octopus or Atlantic Fourhorn Octopus
• Pteroctopus witjazi * Akimushkin, 1963

The species listed above with an asterisk (*) are taxon inquirendum and need further study to determine if they are valid species or synonyms.