WoRMS taxon details

Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797

140605  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140605)

  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. Octopus (Genus)
  12. Octopus vulgaris (Species)
accepted
Species
Octopus cassiopea Gray, 1849 · unaccepted (synonym)
Octopus cassiopeia Gray, 1849 · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling of...)  
incorrect subsequent spelling of specific epithet
Octopus niger Risso, 1854 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
Octopus troschelii Targioni-Tozzetti, 1869 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
Octopus tuberculatus Blainville, 1826 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sepia octopus Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sepia polypus Oken, 1815 · unaccepted (synonym)
Sepia rugosa Bosc, 1792 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Cuvier, G. (1798). Tableau élémentaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux. Baudoin, Paris.: i-xvi, 1-710, Pl. 1-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637076
page(s): 380 [details]   
Nomenclature ICZN opinion 233: specific name of type species of Octopus Cuvier, 1797  
Nomenclature ICZN opinion 233: specific name of type species of Octopus Cuvier, 1797 [details]

Distribution Western Atlantic: Occurs primarily south of Cape Hatteras, but it is distributed as far north as Connecticut.  
Distribution Western Atlantic: Occurs primarily south of Cape Hatteras, but it is distributed as far north as Connecticut. [details]

Distribution circum-global  
Distribution circum-global [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140605 on 2023-06-06
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original description Cuvier, G. (1798). Tableau élémentaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux. Baudoin, Paris.: i-xvi, 1-710, Pl. 1-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637076
page(s): 380 [details]   

original description  (of Octopus pilosus Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. <em>[book series].</em> volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): 4 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Octopus brevitentaculatus Blainville, 1826) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1826). Poulpe, <i>Octopus</i> (Malacoz.). pp. 170-214, <i>in</i>: Dictonnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 43. Levrault, Strasbourg & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25309235 [details]   

original description  (of Octopus octopodia Tryon, 1879) Tryon, G. W. (1878-1879). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>, ser. 1., vol. 1: Cephalopoda. pp 1-316, pls 1-112. Philadelphia, published by the author. [pp. 1-64, pls. 1-22, Dec. 30, 1878; pp. 65-128, pls. 23-40, 29, March 1879; pp. 129-192, pls. 41-89, 28, June 1879; pp. 193-316, pls. 90-112, 6 October 1879]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11033260
page(s): 113 [details]   

original description  (of Octopus ruber Rafinesque, 1814) Rafinesque, C.S. (1814). Précis des découvertes et travaux somiologiques de Mr. C.S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz entre 1800 et 1814; ou choix raisonné de ses principales découvertes en zoologie et en botanique, pour servir d'introduction à ses ouvrages futurs. <em>Palerme.</em> 1-55., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/27701
page(s): 28 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Octopus cassiopea 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): 9 [details]   

original description  (of Octopus tuberculatus Blainville, 1826) Defrance J.L.M. (1804-1845). [Mineralogie et Geologie] In: <i>Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des diffrents êtres de la nature (par plusieurs professeurs du Jardin du Roi ..., F[rédéric] Cuvier, ed.)</i>. Paris. Vol. 1-2 [1804]. Vol. 3-4 [1806]. Suppl. 1 [1816]. Vol. 5-9 [1817]. Vol. 10-12 [1818]. Vol. 13-15 [1819]. Vol. 16-17 [1820]. Vol. 18-22 [1821]. Vol. 23-25 [1822]. Vol. 26-29 [1823]Vol. 30-33 [1824]. Vol. 34-38 [1825]. Vol. 39-44 [1826]. Vol. 45-51 [1827]. Vol. 52-53 [1828]. Vol. 54 [1829]. Vol. 55-57 [1828]. Vol. 58-59 [1829]. Vol. 60 [1830]. Vol. 61 [1845]. , available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.42219
page(s): vol. 43, p. 187 [details]   

original description  (of Sepia octopus Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3149 [details]   

original description  (of Sepia polypus Oken, 1815) Oken, Lorenz. (1815-1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. Erste Abtheilung: Fleischlose Thiere. <em>[book (3rd vol part one, of 3 vols, including plates atlas of T.1, 1813].</em> xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. Leipzig: C.H. Reclam & Jena: A. Schmid., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=Spo5AAAAcAAJ
page(s): 243 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Sepia rugosa Bosc, 1792) Bosc [L. A. G.] (1792). <i>Sepia rugosa</i>. <i>Actes de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 1</i>: 24, Pl. 5
page(s): 24 [details]   

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]   

context source (HKRMS) City University of Hong Kong. (2013). Provision of Services for Species Identification and Data Analysis ofEpibenthic Organisms from Hong Kong Water. Final report. Environmental Protection Department. Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University [details]   

context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]   

basis of record 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 Gao, Y.- M. ; Natsukari, Y. (1990). Karyological Studies on Seven Cephalopods. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 49(2):126-145. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Roper, C.F.E., M.J. Sweeney & C.E. Nauen (1984). FAO Species catalogue. Vol 3. Cephalopods of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries. FAO Fish. Synop. (125), Vol 3: 277 p. [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 
   

From editor or global species database
Nomenclature ICZN opinion 233: specific name of type species of Octopus Cuvier, 1797 [details]

From other sources
Authority Winkworth (1932), Jaeckel (1958) and Abbott (1974) mention "Lamarck, 1798" as authority. Other authors however mention "Cuvier, 1797" (McKay & Smith, 1979; Heppel & Smith, 1983). Until the original description is checked the first authors are followed. [details]

Distribution Western Atlantic: Occurs primarily south of Cape Hatteras, but it is distributed as far north as Connecticut. [details]

Distribution circum-global [details]

Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Habitat coastal to shelf [details]
LanguageName 
Albanian tetëkëmbëshioktapodi i zakonshëmlikurishtja  [details]
Catalan pop verpop roquer  [details]
Czech chobotnice pobřežní  [details]
Danish almindelig ottearmet blæksprutte  [details]
Dutch kraakgewoone octopusgewone octopusgewone achtarmachtarm  [details]
English scuttlerock scuttlecommon octopuscommon European octopuscommon Atlantic octopus  [details]
Finnish meritursas  [details]
French poulpe de rochepoulpe communpoulpepieuvre communepieuvre  [details]
Galician polvo  [details]
German PolypKrakegewöhnlicher KrakeGemeiner Octopusgemeiner Krake  [details]
Hassaniyya azeiz  [details]
Italian polpo di scogliopolpo comune  [details]
Japanese マダコma-dako tako  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Χταπόδι  [details]
Polish ośmiornica zwyczajna  [details]
Portuguese polvo-vulgarpolvo comum  [details]
Russian obiknovenniy shprotobiknovenniy osminog  [details]
Spanish pulpo de rocapulpo comúnpulpo  [details]
Swedish attaarmade bläckfiskar  [details]
Marine Life Information Network - UK 
To Barcode of Life (402 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Octopus troscheli Targioni-Tozzetti, 1869)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Sepia rugosa Bosc, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Octopus brevitentaculatus Blainville, 1826)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Octopus ruber Rafinesque, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Octopus heteropus Rafinesque, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (60 publications) (from synonym Octopus moschatus Rafinesque, 1814)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (712 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (75 publications) (from synonym Octopus rugosus (Bosc, 1792))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (75 publications) (from synonym Octopus tuberculatus Targioni-Tozzetti, 1869)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (75 publications) (from synonym Octopus tuberculatus Blainville, 1826)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Octopus tetradynamus Rafinesque, 1814)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) 
To FAO Species fact sheets 
To GenBank (33420 nucleotides; 1057 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797 (USNM 856584) left lateral view) 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Octopus bitentaculatus Risso, 1854)
To PESI (from synonym Octopus rabassin Risso, 1854)
To PESI (from synonym Octopus pilosus Risso, 1826)
To PESI (from synonym Octopus tritentaculatus Risso, 1854)
To PESI (from synonym Octopus niger Risso, 1854)
To PESI (from synonym Octopus brevitentaculatus Blainville, 1826)
To PESI (from synonym Octopus ruber Rafinesque, 1814)
To PESI (from synonym Octopus tuberculatus Blainville, 1826)
To PESI (from synonym Sepia octopus Gmelin, 1791)
To PESI (from synonym Sepia polypus Oken, 1815)
To PESI (from synonym Octopus cassiopea Gray, 1849)
To PESI (from synonym Octopus troschelii Targioni-Tozzetti, 1869)
To PESI (from synonym Sepia rugosa Bosc, 1792)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Octopus rugosus (Bosc, 1792))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096645) 
To ITIS
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To NMNH Extant Collection (Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797 (USNM 856584) left lateral view)
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To NMNH Extant Collection (Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797 (USNM 856584) right lateral view)
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To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096645)
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