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Pinnoctopus kermadecensis

species of mollusc

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ105693207 ↗
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Pinnoctopus kermadecensis is a species of octopus belonging to the typical octopus family Octopodidae. It is endemic to the Kermadec Islands. It was first described as Polypus kermadecnsis in 1914 from a female specimen. No male specimen was collected and described until 2011.

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The public source identifies “Pinnoctopus kermadecensis” as species of mollusc. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Pinnoctopus, kermadecensis and species.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1914, 2011—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Pinnoctopus, kermadecensis and species providing the first useful test.
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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q105693207. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1914 and 2011.

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This entry incorporates text from “Pinnoctopus kermadecensis” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.