WoRMS Taxon list

Octopus Cuvier, 1797
Octopus (Abdopus) Norman & Finn, 2001 accepted as Abdopus Norman & Finn, 2001
Octopus abaculus Norman & Sweeney, 1997 accepted as Abdopus abaculus (Norman & Sweeney, 1997)
Octopus aculeatus d'Orbigny, 1834 accepted as Abdopus aculeatus (d'Orbigny, 1834)
Octopus adamsi Benham, 1944 accepted as Octopus huttoni Benham, 1943
Octopus aegina Gray, 1849 accepted as Amphioctopus aegina (Gray, 1849)
Octopus alatus (Sasaki, 1920)
Octopus alberti Joubin, 1895
Octopus albus Rafinesque, 1814 accepted as Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797
Octopus alderii Vérany, 1851 accepted as Callistoctopus macropus (Risso, 1826)
Octopus alecto Berry, 1953
Octopus alphaeus Norman, 1992
Octopus amboinensis Brock, 1887
Octopus americanus Montfort, 1802 accepted as Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797
Octopus apollyon (S. S. Berry, 1912) accepted as Enteroctopus dofleini (Wülker, 1910)
Octopus aranea d'Orbigny, 1834
Octopus araneoides Taki, 1964
Octopus arborescens Hoyle, 1904
Octopus arcticus Prosch, 1847 accepted as Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1847)
Octopus areolatus de Haan, 1839 accepted as Amphioctopus fangsiao (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Octopus argus Krauss, 1848
Octopus aspilosomatis Norman, 1993 accepted as Callistoctopus aspilosomatis (Norman, 1993)
Octopus australis Hoyle, 1885
Octopus bairdii Verrill, 1873 accepted as Bathypolypus bairdii (Verrill, 1873)
Octopus bakerii d'Orbigny, 1826 accepted as Octopus americanus Montfort, 1802 accepted as Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797
Octopus balboai Voss, 1971
Octopus bandensis Hoyle, 1885
Octopus berenice Gray, 1849
Octopus bermudensis Hoyle, 1885 accepted as Callistoctopus furvus (Gould, 1852)
Octopus berrima Stanks & Norman, 1992
Octopus bimaculatus Verrill, 1883
Octopus bimaculoides Pickford & McConnaughey, 1949
Octopus bitentaculatus Risso, 1854 accepted as Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797
Octopus bocki Adam, 1941
Octopus brevipes d'Orbigny, 1835
Octopus brevitentaculatus Blainville, 1826 accepted as Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797
Octopus briareus Robson, 1929
Octopus brocki Ortmann, 1888 accepted as Amphioctopus fangsiao (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Octopus bulbus Norman, 2001
Octopus bunurong Stranks, 1990 accepted as Callistoctopus bunurong (Stranks, 1990)
Octopus burryi Voss, 1950 accepted as Amphioctopus burryi (Voss, 1950)
Octopus caerulescens Blainville, 1826
Octopus californicus Berry, 1911
Octopus campbelli Smith, 1902
Octopus capensis Eydoux & Souleyet, 1852
Octopus capricornicus Norman & Finn, 2001 accepted as Abdopus capricornicus (Norman & Finn, 2001)
Octopus carolinensis Verrill, 1884 accepted as Amphioctopus carolinensis (Verrill, 1884)
Octopus cassiopeia Gray, 1849 accepted as Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797
Octopus cephea Gray, 1849
Octopus chierchiae Jatta, 1889
Octopus chromatus Heilprin, 1888 accepted as Callistoctopus furvus (Gould, 1852)
Octopus chuni Grimpe, 1922
Octopus ciliatus Rang, 1837
Octopus cirrhosus Lamarck, 1798 accepted as Eledone cirrhosa (Lamarck, 1798)
Octopus cocco Vérany, 1846 accepted as Pteroctopus tetracirrhus (delle Chiaje, 1830)
Octopus cocco Risso, 1854 accepted as Scaeurgus unicirrhus (delle Chiaje, 1838)
Octopus coerulescentes Fra Piero, 1895 accepted as Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797
Octopus communis Park, 1885 accepted as Macroctopus maorum (Hutton, 1880)
Octopus conispadiceus Sasaki, 1917
Octopus cornutus Owen, 1881
Octopus cuvieri d'Orbigny, 1826 accepted as Callistoctopus lechenaultii (d'Orbigny, 1826)
Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849
Octopus cyanea var. gracilis Robson, 1929 accepted as Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849
Octopus dana Robson, 1929 accepted as Macrotritopus defilippi (Vérany, 1851)
Octopus defilippi Vérany, 1851 accepted as Macrotritopus defilippi (Vérany, 1851)
Octopus didynamus Rafinesque, 1814 accepted as Callistoctopus macropus (Risso, 1826)
Octopus dierythraeus Norman, 1992 accepted as Callistoctopus dierythraeus (Norman, 1992)
Octopus digueti Perrier & Rochebrune, 1894 accepted as Paroctopus digueti (Perrier & Rochebrune, 1894)
Octopus diminutus Kaneko & Kubodera, 2008
Octopus dofleini (Wülker, 1910) accepted as Enteroctopus dofleini (Wülker, 1910)
Octopus dollfusi Robson, 1928 accepted as Amphioctopus aegina (Gray, 1849)
Octopus dubius Souleyet, 1852
Octopus duplex Hoyle, 1885 accepted as Octopus superciliosus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
Octopus elegans Brock, 1887
Octopus ergasticus P. Fischer & H. Fischer, 1892 accepted as Bathypolypus ergasticus (P. Fischer & H. Fischer, 1892)
Octopus eudora Gray, 1849 accepted as Octopus americanus Montfort, 1802 accepted as Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797
Octopus exannulatus Norman, 1992 accepted as Amphioctopus exannulatus (Norman, 1992)
Octopus fangsiao d'Orbigny, 1839 accepted as Amphioctopus fangsiao (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Octopus fangsiao etchuanus Sasaki, 1929 accepted as Amphioctopus fangsiao (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Octopus favonius Gray, 1849
Octopus filamentosus Blainville, 1826
Octopus filosus Howell, 1867
Octopus fimbriatus d'Orbigny, 1841 accepted as Abdopus horridus (d'Orbigny, 1826)
Octopus fitchi Berry, 1953
Octopus flindersi Cotton, 1932 accepted as Macroctopus maorum (Hutton, 1880)
Octopus fontanianus d'Orbigny, 1834
Octopus frayedus Rafinesque, 1814 accepted as Callistoctopus macropus (Risso, 1826)
Octopus fujitai Sasaki, 1929
Octopus furvus Gould, 1852 accepted as Callistoctopus furvus (Gould, 1852)
Octopus fusiformis Brock, 1887
Octopus gardineri Hoyle, 1905
Octopus geryonea Gray, 1849 accepted as Octopus americanus Montfort, 1802 accepted as Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797
Octopus gibbsi O'Shea, 1999 accepted as Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852
Octopus gilbertianus Berry, 1912 accepted as Enteroctopus dofleini (Wülker, 1910)
Octopus glaber Wülker, 1920 accepted as Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849
Octopus globosus Appellöf, 1886
Octopus gorgonus Huffard, 2007
Octopus gracilis Verrill, 1884 accepted as Macrotritopus equivocus (Robson, 1929)
Octopus granosus Blainville, 1826 accepted as Callistoctopus macropus (Risso, 1826)
Octopus granulatus Lamarck, 1799 accepted as Amphioctopus granulatus (Lamarck, 1799)
Octopus graptus Norman, 1992 accepted as Callistoctopus graptus (Norman, 1992)