WoRMS name details
Callistoctopus luteus (M. Sasaki, 1929)
535780 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:535780)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Octopus luteus (M. Sasaki, 1929) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Polypus luteus M. Sasaki, 1929) Sasaki, M. (1929). A monograph of the dibranchiate cephalopods of the Japanese and adjacent waters. <em>Journal of the College of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University.</em> 20(Suppl.): 1-357, 159 figs, 30 pls., available online at https://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2115/12617
page(s): 45 [details]
page(s): 45 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Callistoctopus luteus (M. Sasaki, 1929). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=535780 on 2026-04-06
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Nomenclature
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(of Polypus luteus M. Sasaki, 1929) Sasaki, M. (1929). A monograph of the dibranchiate cephalopods of the Japanese and adjacent waters. <em>Journal of the College of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University.</em> 20(Suppl.): 1-357, 159 figs, 30 pls., available online at https://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2115/12617
page(s): 45 [details]
basis of record Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. <i>Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin</i> 66:127–154. [details]
page(s): 45 [details]
basis of record Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. <i>Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin</i> 66:127–154. [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Lu, C.C. & Chung, W.S. (2017). <em>Guide to the cephalopods of Taiwan</em>. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 560 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-2569-4.
page(s): 482 [details]
page(s): 482 [details]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Gleadall, I. G. (1997). Hong Kong Cephalopada: A brief review of current knowledge and identification of specimens collected in 1995. <em>In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the Eighth International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China IV. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.</em> 503-513., available online at https://doi.org/10.1515/9789882202184-034 [details]
additional source Norman M.D., Finn J.K. & Hochberg F.G. (2014). Family Octopodidae. pp. 36-215, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date</i>. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls.
page(s): 105 [details]
additional source Norman M.D., Finn J.K. & Hochberg F.G. (2014). Family Octopodidae. pp. 36-215, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date</i>. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls.
page(s): 105 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
New combination Because the type species of Callistoctopus is currently included in the genus Pinnoctopus, we treat the former as a synonym of the latter, and transfer all the species of Callistoctopus to Pinnoctopus. [details]
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Octopus luteus (M. Sasaki, 1929))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Octopus luteus (M. Sasaki, 1929))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Callistoctopus luteus)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 49 proteins) (from synonym Octopus luteus (M. Sasaki, 1929))
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 49 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Octopus luteus (M. Sasaki, 1929))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Octopus luteus (M. Sasaki, 1929))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Callistoctopus luteus)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 49 proteins) (from synonym Octopus luteus (M. Sasaki, 1929))
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 49 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
