{{Short description|Genus of molluscs}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Pteroctopus hoylei.jpg | image_caption = ''Pteroctopus hoylei'' | taxon = Pteroctopus | authority = Fischer, 1882 in 1880-1887<ref name = WoRMS>{{cite web | url = http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138269 | title = ''Pteroctopus'' Fischer 1882 in 1880-1887 | accessdate = 4 February 2018 | publisher = Flanders Marine Institute | author = Julian Finn | year = 2017 | work = World Register of Marine Species}}</ref> | type_species = ''Octopus tetracirrhus'' | type_species_authority = Delle Chiaje, 1830 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. | synonyms = *''Berrya'' <small>Adam, 1939</small> *''Danoctopus'' <small>Joubin, 1933</small> *''Hapaloctopus'' <small>Taki, 1962</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name = WoRMS/> }}
'''''Pteroctopus''''' is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae.
==Species== * ''Pteroctopus eurycephala'' * <small>(Taki, 1964)</small> * ''Pteroctopus hoylei'' <small>(Berry, 1909)</small> – Pacific Fourhorn Octopus * ''Pteroctopus keralensis'' * <small>(Oommen, 1966)</small> * ''Pteroctopus schmidti'' <small>(Joubin, 1933)</small> – Dana Octopus * ''Pteroctopus tetracirrhus'' <small>(Delle Chiaje, 1830 in 1823-1831)</small> – Fourhorn Octopus or Atlantic Fourhorn Octopus * ''Pteroctopus witjazi'' * <small>Akimushkin, 1963</small>
The species listed above with an asterisk (<nowiki>*</nowiki>) are ''taxon inquirendum'' and need further study to determine if they are valid species or synonyms.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{CephBase Genus|Pteroctopus}} * {{ITIS |id=82643 |taxon=''Pteroctopus''}}
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Category:Octopodidae Category:Cephalopod genera
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