WoRMS name details
Octopus brocki Ortmann, 1888
341955 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:341955)
unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Ortmann, A. (1888). Japanische Cephalopoden. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> 3: 639-670, 6 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10342612
page(s): 645 [details]
page(s): 645 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Octopus brocki Ortmann, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=341955 on 2025-08-31
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
Ortmann, A. (1888). Japanische Cephalopoden. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> 3: 639-670, 6 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10342612
page(s): 645 [details]
page(s): 645 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
