WoRMS taxon details
Muusoctopus levis (Hoyle, 1885)
884007 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:884007)
accepted
Species
Benthoctopus levis (Hoyle, 1885) · unaccepted
Octopus levis Hoyle, 1885 · unaccepted (original combination)
Polypus levis (Hoyle, 1885) · unaccepted
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Octopus levis Hoyle, 1885) Hoyle, W.E. (1885). Diagnoses of new species of Cephalopoda collected during the cruise of H.M.S. Challenger, I: The Octopoda. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> series 5, 15:222-236., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15821176
page(s): 229 [details]
page(s): 229 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Muusoctopus levis (Hoyle, 1885). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=884007 on 2025-08-21
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Octopus levis Hoyle, 1885) Hoyle, W.E. (1885). Diagnoses of new species of Cephalopoda collected during the cruise of H.M.S. Challenger, I: The Octopoda. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> series 5, 15:222-236., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15821176
page(s): 229 [details]
new combination reference Gleadall I.G., Guerrero-Kommritz J., Hochberg F.G. & Laptikhovsky V.V. (2010) The inkless octopuses (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) of the Southwest Atlantic. <i>Zoological Science</i> 27:528-553. [details]
page(s): 229 [details]
new combination reference Gleadall I.G., Guerrero-Kommritz J., Hochberg F.G. & Laptikhovsky V.V. (2010) The inkless octopuses (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) of the Southwest Atlantic. <i>Zoological Science</i> 27:528-553. [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Ibáñez, C.M., Pardo-Gandarillas, M.C., Peña, F., Gleadall, I.G., Poulin, E. & Sellanes, J. (2016). Phylogeny and biogeography of <em>Muusoctopus</em> (Cephalopoda: Enteroctopodidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 45: 494-503. [details]
status source Gleadall, I.G. (2013). A molecular sequence proxy for <em>Muusoctopus januarii</em> and calibration of recent divergence among a group of mesobenthic octopuses. <em>Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.</em> 447: 106–122. [details]
status source Gleadall, I.G. (2013). A molecular sequence proxy for <em>Muusoctopus januarii</em> and calibration of recent divergence among a group of mesobenthic octopuses. <em>Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.</em> 447: 106–122. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Benthoctopus levis (Hoyle, 1885))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Polypus levis (Hoyle, 1885))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Muusoctopus levis)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Octopus levis Hoyle, 1885)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Benthoctopus levis (Hoyle, 1885))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Polypus levis (Hoyle, 1885))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Muusoctopus levis)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Octopus levis Hoyle, 1885)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Benthoctopus levis (Hoyle, 1885))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
