WoRMS taxon details
Octopus pallidus Hoyle, 1885
342015 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342015)
accepted
Species
Octopus boscii var. pallida Hoyle, 1885 · unaccepted > superseded rank
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Octopus boscii var. pallida Hoyle, 1885) 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 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Octopus pallidus Hoyle, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342015 on 2026-03-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Octopus boscii var. pallida Hoyle, 1885) 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 [details]
basis of record 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]
basis of record 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)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [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 Stranks, T.N. (1988). Redescription of <i>Octopus pallidus</i> (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from south-eastern Australia. <em>Malacologia.</em> 29(1): 275-287., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25208656 [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 Stranks, T.N. (1988). Redescription of <i>Octopus pallidus</i> (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from south-eastern Australia. <em>Malacologia.</em> 29(1): 275-287., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25208656 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
