WoRMS taxon details
Octopus americanus Montfort, 1802
AphiaID: 534439
AphiaID: 534439
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Coleoidea (Subclass) > Octopodiformes (Infraclass) > Octopoda (Order) > Incirrata (Suborder) > Octopodoidea (Superfamily) > Octopodidae (Family) > Octopus (Genus) |
| Status | species inquirenda (Unresolved West Atlantic form) | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Accepted name | Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797 | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Octopus Cuvier, 1797 | |||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Octopus bakerii d'Orbigny, 1826 Octopus eudora Gray, 1849 Octopus geryonea Gray, 1849 | |||||||
| Sources |
from synonym: Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin 66:127–154., available online at http://www.pmbc.go.th/webpmbc/ResearchBulletin/Bull%2066%20%20pdf/13.%20Norman.pdf [details] [view taxon] | |||||||
| Link | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534439 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Octopus americanus Montfort, 1802. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534439 on 2013-05-21 | ||||||||
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