WoRMS name details
Benthoctopus januarii (Hoyle, 1885)
341918 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:341918)
unaccepted
Species
Benthoctopus Grimpe, 1921 accepted as Bathypolypus Grimpe, 1921
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Octopus januarii 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
page(s): 229 (in part) [details]
page(s): 229 (in part) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Benthoctopus januarii (Hoyle, 1885). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=341918 on 2025-05-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Octopus januarii 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
page(s): 229 (in part) [details]
page(s): 229 (in part) [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 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 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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat bathyal [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | january octopus | [details] |
