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Octopus geryonea Gray, 1849 
AphiaID: 534442

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Coleoidea (Subclass) > Octopodiformes (Infraclass) > Octopoda (Order) > Incirrata (Suborder) > Octopodoidea (Superfamily) > Octopodidae (Family) > Octopus (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
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Accepted name  Octopus americanus Montfort, 1802 accepted as Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797
Rank Species
Parent Octopus Cuvier, 1797
Source  source of synonymy: 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]

Link To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534442
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2010-10-19 11:24:52Z  created  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Octopus geryonea Gray, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534442 on 2013-05-23
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