WoRMS name details

Octopus globosus Appellöf, 1886

341977  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:341977)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Cephalopoda (Class)
  5. Coleoidea (Subclass)
  6. Octopodiformes (Superorder)
  7. Octopoda (Order)
  8. Incirrata (Suborder)
  9. Octopodoidea (Superfamily)
  10. Octopodidae (Family)
  11. Octopus (Genus)
  12. Octopus globosus (Species)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution Japan to India (scattered)  
Distribution Japan to India (scattered) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Octopus globosus Appellöf, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=341977 on 2025-08-23
Date
action
by
2008-03-27 18:55:09Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2010-10-23 21:13:51Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2013-05-12 18:36:54Z
changed
Gofas, Serge
2018-02-07 15:28:10Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe

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Taxonomy

status 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] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
Unreviewed
Distribution Japan to India (scattered) [details]

Habitat coastal [details]
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LanguageName 
English globe octopus  [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
To ITIS

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