WoRMS name details
Octopus cassiopeia [sic]
534428 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534428)
unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Octopus cassiopea J. E. Gray, 1849) Gray, J. E. (1849). <i>Catalogue of the Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum I: Cephalopoda antepedia</i>. London: British Museum. 164 pp,. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47563
page(s): 9 [details]
page(s): 9 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Octopus cassiopeia [sic]. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534428 on 2026-08-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Octopus cassiopea J. E. Gray, 1849) Gray, J. E. (1849). <i>Catalogue of the Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum I: Cephalopoda antepedia</i>. London: British Museum. 164 pp,. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47563
page(s): 9 [details]
page(s): 9 [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]
