WoRMS taxon details
Octopus macropus Risso, 1826
AphiaID: 140603
AphiaID: 140603
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Coleoidea (Subclass) > Octopodiformes (Infraclass) > Octopoda (Order) > Incirrata (Suborder) > Octopodoidea (Superfamily) > Octopodidae (Family) > Octopus (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Callistoctopus macropus (Risso, 1826) | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Octopus Cuvier, 1797 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Roper, C.F.E., M.J. Sweeney & C.E. Nauen (1984). FAO Species catalogue. Vol 3. Cephalopods of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries. FAO Fish. Synop. (125), Vol 3: 277 p. [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] | ||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Eritrea [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Indo-Pacific [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mediterranean Sea [details] Moroccan Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Mozambique [details] Mtwapa [details] Nice [details] North East Atlantic [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] Somalia [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Tanzania [details] Ungama Bay [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (147 publications) To CLEMAM To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Distribution: circum-(sub)tropical [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140603 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Octopus macropus Risso, 1826. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140603 on 2013-05-18 | |||||||||||||||||
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