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Octopus Cuvier, 1797 
AphiaID: 138268

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Mollusca > Cephalopoda > Coleoidea > Octopodiformes > Octopoda > Incirrata > Octopodoidea > Octopodidae
Status accepted
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Parent Octopodidae d'Orbigny, 1839
Source Not documented
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 Species Octopus alecto Berry, 1953
Species Octopus alphaeus Norman, 1992
Species Octopus australis Hoyle, 1885
Species Octopus balboai Voss, 1971
Species Octopus berrima Stanks & Norman, 1992
Species Octopus bimaculatus Verrill, 1883
Species Octopus bimaculoides Pickford & McConnaughey, 1949
Species Octopus bocki Adam, 1941
Species Octopus briareus Robson, 1929
Species Octopus californicus Berry, 1911
Species Octopus campbelli Smith, 1902
Species Octopus chierchiae Jatta, 1889
Species Octopus conispadiceus Sasaki, 1917
Species Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849
Species Octopus favonius Gray, 1849
Species Octopus filosus Howell, 1867
Species Octopus fitchi Berry, 1953
Species Octopus gardineri Hoyle, 1905
Species Octopus hattai Sasaki, 1929
Species Octopus hubbsorum Berry, 1953
Species Octopus hummelincki Adam, 1936
Species Octopus huttoni Benham, 1943
Species Octopus joubini Robson, 1929
Species Octopus kaharoa O'Shea, 1999
Species Octopus kaurna Stranks, 1990
Species Octopus laqueus Kaneko & Kubodera, 2005
Species Octopus maya Voss & Solis, 1966
Species Octopus mercatoris Adam, 1937
Species Octopus mernoo O'Shea, 1999
Species Octopus microphthalmus Goodrich, 1896
Species Octopus micropyrsus Berry, 1953
Species Octopus mimus Gould, 1852
Species Octopus mutilans Taki, 1942
Species Octopus nanus Adam, 1973
Species Octopus occidentalis Steenstrup in Hoyle, 1885
Species Octopus oculifer Hoyle, 1904
Species Octopus oliveri (Berry, 1914)
Species Octopus pallidus Hoyle, 1885
Species Octopus parvus Sasaki, 1917
Species Octopus penicillifer Berry, 1954
Species Octopus rubescens Berry, 1953
Species Octopus salutii Vérany, 1836
Species Octopus sanctaehelenae Robson, 1929
Species Octopus selene Voss, 1971
Species Octopus stictochrus Voss, 1971
Species Octopus superciliosus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
Species Octopus tehuelchus d'Orbigny, 1834
Species Octopus tenebricus Smith, 1884
Species Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852
Species Octopus veligero Berry, 1953
Species Octopus verrucosus Hoyle, 1885
Species Octopus vitiensis Hoyle, 1885
Species Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797
Species Octopus warringa Stranks, 1990
Species Octopus wolfi (Wülker, 1913)
Species Octopus zonatus Voss, 1968

Species Octopus alatus (Sasaki, 1920) (species inquirenda)
Species Octopus araneoides Taki, 1964 (species inquirenda)
Species Octopus arborescens Hoyle, 1904 (species inquirenda)
Species Octopus filamentosus Blainville, 1826 (species inquirenda)
Species Octopus fujitai Sasaki, 1929 (species inquirenda)
Species Octopus globosus Appellöf, 1886 (species inquirenda)
Species Octopus hongkongensis Hoyle, 1885 (species inquirenda)
Species Octopus longispadiceus (Sasaki, 1917) (species inquirenda)
Species Octopus minor (Sasaki, 1920) (species inquirenda)
Species Octopus nanhaiensis Dong, 1976 (species inquirenda)
Species Octopus ochotensis (Sasaki, 1920) (species inquirenda)
Species Octopus oshimai (Sasaki, 1929) (species inquirenda)
Species Octopus prashadi Adam, 1939 (species inquirenda)
Species Octopus pricei Berry, 1913 (species inquirenda)
Species Octopus sasakii Taki, 1942 (species inquirenda)
Species Octopus spinosus Sasaki, 1920 (species inquirenda)
Species Octopus tenuipulvinus Sasaki, 1920 (species inquirenda)
Species Octopus tsugarensis Sasaki, 1920 (species inquirenda)
Species Octopus validus Sasaki, 1920 (species inquirenda)
Species Octopus variabilis (Sasaki, 1929) (species inquirenda)
Species Octopus yendoi (Sasaki, 1920) (species inquirenda)

Species Octopus pentherinus Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889 (nomen dubium)

Species Octopus abaculus Norman & Sweeney, 1997 accepted as Abdopus abaculus (Norman & Sweeney, 1997)
Species Octopus aculeatus d'Orbigny, 1834 accepted as Abdopus aculeatus (d'Orbigny, 1834)
Species Octopus adamsi Benham, 1944 accepted as Octopus huttoni Benham, 1943
Species Octopus aegina Gray, 1849 accepted as Amphioctopus aegina (Gray, 1849)
Species Octopus areolatus de Haan, 1839 accepted as Amphioctopus fangsiao (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Species Octopus aspilosomatis Norman, 1993 accepted as Callistoctopus aspilosomatis (Norman, 1993)
Species Octopus bairdii Verrill, 1873 accepted as Bathypolypus bairdii (Verrill, 1873)
Species Octopus brocki Ortmann, 1888 accepted as Amphioctopus fangsiao (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Species Octopus bunurong Stranks, 1990 accepted as Callistoctopus bunurong (Stranks, 1990)
Species Octopus burryi Voss, 1950 accepted as Amphioctopus burryi (Voss, 1950)
Species Octopus capricornicus Norman & Finn, 2001 accepted as Abdopus capricornicus (Norman & Finn, 2001)
Species Octopus carolinensis Verrill, 1884 accepted as Amphioctopus carolinensis (Verrill, 1884)
Species Octopus defilippi Vérany, 1851 accepted as Macrotritopus defilippi (Vérany, 1851)
Species Octopus dierythraeus Norman, 1992 accepted as Callistoctopus dierythraeus (Norman, 1992)
Species Octopus digueti Perrier & Rochebrune, 1894 accepted as Paroctopus digueti (Perrier & Rochebrune, 1894)
Species Octopus dofleini (Wülker, 1910) accepted as Enteroctopus dofleini (Wülker, 1910)
Species Octopus dollfusi Robson, 1928 accepted as Amphioctopus aegina (Gray, 1849)
Species Octopus exannulatus Norman, 1992 accepted as Amphioctopus exannulatus (Norman, 1992)
Species Octopus fangsiao d'Orbigny, 1839 accepted as Amphioctopus fangsiao (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Species Octopus gibbsi O'Shea, 1999 accepted as Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852
Species Octopus graptus Norman, 1992 accepted as Callistoctopus graptus (Norman, 1992)
Species Octopus guangdongensis Dong, 1976 accepted as Abdopus guangdongensis (Dong, 1976)
Species Octopus hardwickei Gray, 1849 accepted as Amphioctopus aegina (Gray, 1849)
Species Octopus harmandi Rochebrune, 1882 accepted as Abdopus aculeatus (d'Orbigny, 1834)
Species Octopus horridus d'Orbigny, 1826 accepted as Abdopus horridus (d'Orbigny, 1826)
Species Octopus kagoshimensis Ortmann, 1888 accepted as Amphioctopus kagoshimensis (Ortmann, 1888)
Species Octopus kermadecensis (Berry, 1914) accepted as Callistoctopus kermadecensis (Berry, 1914)
Species Octopus leioderma (Berry, 1911) accepted as Benthoctopus leioderma (Berry, 1911)
Species Octopus lobensis Castellanos & Menni, 1969 accepted as Octopus tehuelchus d'Orbigny, 1834
Species Octopus luteus (Sasaki, 1929) accepted as Callistoctopus luteus (Sasaki, 1929)
Species Octopus macropus Risso, 1826 accepted as Callistoctopus macropus (Risso, 1826)
Species Octopus magnificus Villanueva, Sanchez & Compagno, 1992 accepted as Enteroctopus magnificus (Villanueva, Sanchez & Compagno, 1992)
Species Octopus maorum Hutton, 1880 accepted as Macroctopus maorum (Hutton, 1880)
Species Octopus membranaceus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 accepted as Amphioctopus membranaceus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Species Octopus mototi Norman, 1992 accepted as Amphioctopus mototi (Norman, 1992)
Species Octopus ocellatus Gray, 1849 accepted as Amphioctopus fangsiao (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Species Octopus ornatus Gould, 1852 accepted as Callistoctopus ornatus (Gould, 1852)
Species Octopus ovulum Sasaki, 1917 accepted as Amphioctopus ovulum (Sasaki, 1917)
Species Octopus polyzenia Gray, 1849 accepted as Amphioctopus polyzenia (Gray, 1849)
Species Octopus rapanui Voss, 1979 accepted as Callistoctopus rapanui (Voss, 1979)
Species Octopus robsoni Adam, 1941 accepted as Amphioctopus robsoni (Adam, 1941)
Species Octopus striolatus Dong, 1976 accepted as Amphioctopus marginatus (Taki, 1964)
Species Octopus taprobanensis Robson, 1926 accepted as Callistoctopus taprobanensis (Robson, 1926)
Species Octopus tenuicirrus Sasaki, 1929 accepted as Octopus hongkongensis Hoyle, 1885
Species Octopus tonganus Hoyle, 1885 accepted as Abdopus tonganus (Hoyle, 1885)
Species Octopus varunae Oommen, 1971 accepted as Amphioctopus varunae (Oommen, 1971)
Species Octopus winckworthi Robson, 1926 accepted as Macrochlaena winckworthi (Robson, 1926)
Environment marine
Host of  Dicyemennea dogieli Bogolepova-Dobrokhotova, 1962 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Dicyemennea filiformis Bogolepova-Dobrokhotova, 1962 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Dicyemennea longinucleata Bogolepova-Dobrokhotova, 1962 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Dicyema madrasensis Kalavati, Narasimhamurti & Suseela, 1984 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
Dicyema octopusi Kalavati, Narasimhamurti & Suseela, 1984 (parasitic: endoparasitic)
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138268
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Octopus Cuvier, 1797. Accessed through: Land J. van der (ed). (2008) UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138268 on 2013-05-19
  

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