WoRMS taxon details
Enteroctopus megalocyathus (A. A. Gould, 1852)
342307 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342307)
accepted
Species
Enteroctopus juttingi G. C. Robson, 1929 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Octopus megalocyathus A. A. Gould, 1852 · unaccepted (original combination)
Octopus patagonicus Lönnberg, 1898 · unaccepted
Polypus brucei Hoyle, 1912 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Octopus megalocyathus A. A. Gould, 1852) Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston.</em> 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10991152
page(s): 471, pl. 45, fig. 586 (bis), a-d. [details]
page(s): 471, pl. 45, fig. 586 (bis), a-d. [details]
Type locality contained in Tierra del Fuego
type locality contained in Tierra del Fuego [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution In the Southwest Atlantic Ocean: from San Matías Gulf (41.5°S) to Orange Harbor (55.5°S), including Isla de los Estados,...
Distribution In the Southwest Atlantic Ocean: from San Matías Gulf (41.5°S) to Orange Harbor (55.5°S), including Isla de los Estados, Malvinas/Falkland Islands and Burdwood Bank; extending throughout the Strait of Magellan and the Beagle Channel to the Southeast Pacific Ocean, where it reaches up to ~36°S; from near shore to 300 m. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Enteroctopus megalocyathus (A. A. Gould, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342307 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Enteroctopus juttingi G. C. Robson, 1929) Robson, G. C. (1929). Notes on the Cephalopoda. - IX. Remarks on the Atlantic Octopoda etc. in the Zoologisch Museum, Amsterdam. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (series 10) 3(18):609-618., available online at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222932908673018
page(s): 616. [details]
original description (of Polypus brucei Hoyle, 1912) Hoyle, W. E. (1912). The Cephalopoda of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 48(2): 272–283., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0080456800002866
page(s): 276, figs 1-3 [details]
original description (of Octopus patagonicus Lönnberg, 1898) Lönnberg, E. (1898). On the cephalopods collected by the Swedish expedition to Tierra del Fuego 1895–96. <em>Svenska Expeditionen till Magellansländerna.</em> 2 (4): 49–64., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16024537
page(s): 50 [details]
original description (of Octopus megalocyathus A. A. Gould, 1852) Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston.</em> 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10991152
page(s): 471, pl. 45, fig. 586 (bis), a-d. [details]
page(s): 616. [details]
original description (of Polypus brucei Hoyle, 1912) Hoyle, W. E. (1912). The Cephalopoda of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 48(2): 272–283., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0080456800002866
page(s): 276, figs 1-3 [details]
original description (of Octopus patagonicus Lönnberg, 1898) Lönnberg, E. (1898). On the cephalopods collected by the Swedish expedition to Tierra del Fuego 1895–96. <em>Svenska Expeditionen till Magellansländerna.</em> 2 (4): 49–64., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16024537
page(s): 50 [details]
original description (of Octopus megalocyathus A. A. Gould, 1852) Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston.</em> 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10991152
page(s): 471, pl. 45, fig. 586 (bis), a-d. [details]
Other
additional source
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]
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. [details]
additional source Bonavita, L. A., Zelaya, D. G. & Güller, M. (2026). Benthic cephalopods (Mollusca) from the Austral Southwest Atlantic. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 322: 233-260., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2026.04.001
page(s): 236, figs 2-3 [details] Available for editors
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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. [details]
additional source Bonavita, L. A., Zelaya, D. G. & Güller, M. (2026). Benthic cephalopods (Mollusca) from the Austral Southwest Atlantic. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 322: 233-260., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2026.04.001
page(s): 236, figs 2-3 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution In the Southwest Atlantic Ocean: from San Matías Gulf (41.5°S) to Orange Harbor (55.5°S), including Isla de los Estados, Malvinas/Falkland Islands and Burdwood Bank; extending throughout the Strait of Magellan and the Beagle Channel to the Southeast Pacific Ocean, where it reaches up to ~36°S; from near shore to 300 m. [details]
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Polypus brucei Hoyle, 1912)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Octopus patagonicus Lönnberg, 1898)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Enteroctopus megalocyathus)
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 23 proteins) (from synonym Octopus megalocyathus A. A. Gould, 1852)
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 23 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Polypus brucei Hoyle, 1912)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Octopus patagonicus Lönnberg, 1898)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Enteroctopus megalocyathus)
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 23 proteins) (from synonym Octopus megalocyathus A. A. Gould, 1852)
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 23 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
