WoRMS name details
Octopus mercatoris Adam, 1937
341997 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:341997)
unaccepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Adam, W. (1937). IV: Cephalopoda. <em>In</em> Résultats scientifiques des croisières du Navire-école Beige "Mercator," Volume I. <em>Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique.</em> series 2, 9: 43-82. [details] Available for editors 
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Octopus mercatoris Adam, 1937. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=341997 on 2026-03-07
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Adam, W. (1937). IV: Cephalopoda. <em>In</em> Résultats scientifiques des croisières du Navire-école Beige "Mercator," Volume I. <em>Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique.</em> series 2, 9: 43-82. [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional source
Judkins, H. L., M. Vecchione, and C. F. E. Roper. 2009. Cephalopoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 701–709 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional 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]
additional 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
