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Amphioctopus fangsiao (A. d'Orbigny, 1841)

534733  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534733)

  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. Amphioctopus (Genus)
  12. Amphioctopus fangsiao (Species)
accepted
Species
Octopus areolatus de Haan, 1839-1841 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Octopus brocki Ortmann, 1888 · unaccepted (synonym)
Octopus fangsiao A. d'Orbigny, 1841 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Octopus ocellatus Gray, 1849 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Octopus fangsiao A. d'Orbigny, 1841) Férussac, A. E. J. P. F. d'Audebard de & d'Orbigny, A. (1835-1848). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Céphalopodes acétabulifères vivants et fossiles. pp. [1-96], i-lvi, 1-361, Atlas with 144 plates. Paris, Baillière., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13093019
page(s): 70 [1841] [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Amphioctopus fangsiao (A. d'Orbigny, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534733 on 2025-04-30
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2010-10-21 18:18:05Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2017-11-16 22:19:15Z
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Finn, Julian
2022-11-07 11:17:55Z
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Collins, Katie
2024-11-26 08:47:43Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2024-11-27 18:46:05Z
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Auffenberg, Kurt

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Nomenclature

original description (of Octopus brocki Ortmann, 1888) Ortmann, A. (1888). Japanische Cephalopoden. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere.</em> 3: 639-670, 6 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10342612
page(s): 645 [details] 

original description (of Octopus fangsiao A. d'Orbigny, 1841) Férussac, A. E. J. P. F. d'Audebard de & d'Orbigny, A. (1835-1848). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Céphalopodes acétabulifères vivants et fossiles. pp. [1-96], i-lvi, 1-361, Atlas with 144 plates. Paris, Baillière., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13093019
page(s): 70 [1841] [details] 

original description (of Octopus ocellatus 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): 15 [details] 

original description (of Octopus areolatus de Haan, 1839-1841) Férussac, A. E. J. P. F. d'Audebard de & d'Orbigny, A. (1835-1848). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Céphalopodes acétabulifères vivants et fossiles. pp. [1-96], i-lvi, 1-361, Atlas with 144 plates. Paris, Baillière., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13093019
page(s): 65 [details] 

original description (of Octopus fangsiao etchuanus 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): 53 [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] 

Identification resource

identification resource Lu, C.C. & Chung, W.S. (2017). <em>Guide to the cephalopods of Taiwan</em>. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 560 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-2569-4.
page(s): 466 [details] 

Other

context source (HKRMS) Gleadall, I. G. (1997). Hong Kong Cephalopada: A brief review of current knowledge and identification of specimens collected in 1995. <em>In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the Eighth International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China IV. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.</em> 503-513. [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.
page(s): 72 [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unknown type (of Octopus fangsiao A. d'Orbigny, 1841) NSMT Mo-68831 [details]
Unknown type (of Octopus fangsiao A. d'Orbigny, 1841) NSMT Mo-68832 [details]
Unknown type (of Amphioctopus areolatus (de Haan [in A. Férussac & d'Orbigny], 1839-1841)) OUM MO-00008 [details]
Unknown type (of Amphioctopus areolatus (de Haan [in A. Férussac & d'Orbigny], 1839-1841)) OUM MO-00009 [details]
Unknown type OUM MO-00005 [details]
Unknown type OUM MO-00006 [details]
Unknown type OUM MO-00007 [details]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
Chinese Duăn-Xiāo  [details]
English gold-spot octopus  [details]
German Goldfleckenkrake  [details]
Japanese ヨツメダコイイダコ  [details]
To Barcode of Life (57 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Octopus ocellatus Gray, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Octopus areolatus de Haan, 1839-1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Octopus fangsiao A. d'Orbigny, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Octopus brocki Ortmann, 1888)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Octopus areolatus de Haan, 1839-1841)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Octopus ocellatus Gray, 1849)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Amphioctopus areolatus (de Haan [in A. Férussac & d'Orbigny], 1839-1841))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amphioctopus fangsiao) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Octopus areolatus) (from synonym Octopus areolatus de Haan, 1839-1841)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Octopus fangsiao etchuanus Sasaki, 1929)
To GenBank (281 nucleotides; 315 proteins) (from synonym Octopus ocellatus Gray, 1849)
To GenBank (281 nucleotides; 315 proteins) 
To GenBank (281 nucleotides; 315 proteins) (from synonym Octopus fangsiao A. d'Orbigny, 1841)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Octopus areolatus de Haan, 1839-1841)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Octopus areolatus de Haan, 1839-1841)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Octopus fangsiao A. d'Orbigny, 1841)
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