WoRMS taxon details
Octopus hongkongensis Hoyle, 1885
341982 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:341982)
accepted
Species
Octopus megalops (Taki, 1964) · unaccepted (synonym)
Octopus tenuicirrus (M. Sasaki, 1929) · unaccepted
Paroctopus megalops Taki, 1964 · unaccepted (original combination)
Polypus hongkongensis (Hoyle, 1885) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Polypus tenuicirrus M. Sasaki, 1929 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
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): 224; note: name credited to Steenstrup [details]
page(s): 224; note: name credited to Steenstrup [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Octopus hongkongensis Hoyle, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=341982 on 2026-03-25
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Nomenclature
original description
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): 224; note: name credited to Steenstrup [details]
original description (of Paroctopus megalops Taki, 1964) Taki, Iw. (1964). On eleven new species of the Cephalopoda from Japan, including two new genera of Octopodinae. <em>Journal of the Faculty of Fisheries and Animal Husbandry, Hiroshima University.</em> 5(2): 277-343., available online at https://ir.lib.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/files/public/4/40363/20160613104509553385/JFacFishAnim_5_277.pdf
page(s): 310 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Polypus tenuicirrus M. Sasaki, 1929) Sasaki, M. (1929). A monograph of the dibranchiate cephalopods of the Japanese and adjacent waters. <em>Journal of the College of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University.</em> 20(Suppl.): 1-357, 159 figs, 30 pls., available online at https://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2115/12617
page(s): 78-79, pl. 11 figs. 14-16 [details]
basis of record Norman M.D., Finn J.K. & Hochberg F.G. (2014). Family Octopodidae. pp. 36-215, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date</i>. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls. [details]
page(s): 224; note: name credited to Steenstrup [details]
original description (of Paroctopus megalops Taki, 1964) Taki, Iw. (1964). On eleven new species of the Cephalopoda from Japan, including two new genera of Octopodinae. <em>Journal of the Faculty of Fisheries and Animal Husbandry, Hiroshima University.</em> 5(2): 277-343., available online at https://ir.lib.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/files/public/4/40363/20160613104509553385/JFacFishAnim_5_277.pdf
page(s): 310 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Polypus tenuicirrus M. Sasaki, 1929) Sasaki, M. (1929). A monograph of the dibranchiate cephalopods of the Japanese and adjacent waters. <em>Journal of the College of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University.</em> 20(Suppl.): 1-357, 159 figs, 30 pls., available online at https://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2115/12617
page(s): 78-79, pl. 11 figs. 14-16 [details]
basis of record Norman M.D., Finn J.K. & Hochberg F.G. (2014). Family Octopodidae. pp. 36-215, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date</i>. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls. [details]
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]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
additional source Norman M.D., Finn J.K. & Hochberg F.G. (2014). Family Octopodidae. pp. 36-215, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date</i>. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls. [details]
additional source Norman M.D., Finn J.K. & Hochberg F.G. (2014). Family Octopodidae. pp. 36-215, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date</i>. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unknown type IGG1996.3.8.1 [details]
Unknown type IGG1996.3.8.3 [details]
Unknown type IGG1996.3.8.5 [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ツノモチダコオオメダコアマダコ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Octopus tenuicirrus (M. Sasaki, 1929))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Paroctopus megalops Taki, 1964)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Octopus megalops (Taki, 1964))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Octopus hongkongensis)
To GB Mollusca Types (Octopus hongkongensis Hoyle, 1885; Holotype; NMW.Z.1978.014.00359)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 15 proteins) (from synonym Octopus megalops (Taki, 1964))
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 15 proteins) (from synonym Paroctopus megalops Taki, 1964)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Octopus tenuicirrus (M. Sasaki, 1929))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Paroctopus megalops Taki, 1964)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Octopus megalops (Taki, 1964))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Octopus hongkongensis)
To GB Mollusca Types (Octopus hongkongensis Hoyle, 1885; Holotype; NMW.Z.1978.014.00359)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 15 proteins) (from synonym Octopus megalops (Taki, 1964))
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 15 proteins) (from synonym Paroctopus megalops Taki, 1964)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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