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WoRMS taxon details
Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797
AphiaID: 140605
AphiaID: 140605
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Coleoidea (Subclass) > Octopodiformes (Infraclass) > Octopoda (Order) > Incirrata (Suborder) > Octopodoidea (Superfamily) > Octopodidae (Family) > Octopus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Octopus Cuvier, 1797 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Octopus bitentaculatus Risso, 1854 (dubious synonym) Octopus niger Risso, 1854 (junior synonym) Octopus pilosus Risso, 1854 (junior synonym) Octopus rabassin Risso, 1854 (dubious synonym) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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: Ávila, S.P.; Cardigos, F.; Santos, R.S. (2004). D. João de Castro Bank, a shallow water hydrothermal-vent in the Azores: checklist of marine Molluscs. Arquipélago (Ciénc. Biol. Mar./Life Mar. Sci.) 21A: 75-80 (look up in IMIS) page(s): 79 [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: Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg. [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] additional source: CBIF [details] additional source: Vechione, M., C.F.E. Roper and M.J. Sweeney. 1989. Marine flora and fauna of the eastern United States. Mollusca: Cephalopoda. NOAA Technical Report. NMFS 73. 23 p. [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Atlantic Europe [details] Belgian Continental Shelf [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] British Isles [details] Comores [details] D. João de Castro Bank [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] East Atlantic [details] English Channel [details] Eritrea [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mozambique [details] Namibia [details] Nice [details] North West Atlantic [details] Red Sea [details] Somalia [details] South Africa (country) [details] Southern Bight [details] Stroombank [details] Tanzania [details] Wimereux (not certain) [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To CLEMAM To GenBank Marine Life Information Network - UK To Marine Species Identification Portal To Marine Species Identification Portal To Marine Species Identification Portal To Marine Species Identification Portal To Barcode of Life (33 barcodes) To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Authority: Winkworth (1932), Jaeckel (1958) and Abbott (1974) mention "Lamarck, 1798" as authority. Other authors however mention "Cuvier, 1797" (McKay & Smith, 1979; Heppel & Smith, 1983). Until the original description is checked the first authors are followed. [details] Distribution: circum-global [details] Distribution: Western Atlantic: Occurs primarily south of Cape Hatteras, but it is distributed as far north as Connecticut. [details] Habitat: coastal to shelf [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Gofas, S. (2009). Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140605 on 2010-02-09 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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