WoRMS name details
Benthoctopus levis (Hoyle, 1885)
341920 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:341920)
unaccepted
Species
Benthoctopus Grimpe, 1921 accepted as Bathypolypus Grimpe, 1921
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Octopus levis 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 [details]
page(s): 229 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Benthoctopus levis (Hoyle, 1885). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=341920 on 2026-08-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Octopus levis 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 [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.
page(s): 96 [details]
page(s): 229 [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.
page(s): 96 [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]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
additional source Strugnell, J.M., Cherel, Y., Cooke, I.R., Gleadall, I.G., Hochberg, F.G., Ibáñez, C.M., Jorgensen, E., Laptikhovsky, V.V., Linse, K., Norman, M., Vecchione, M., Voight, J.R. & Allcock, A.L. (2011). The Southern Ocean: source and sink?. <em>Deep-Sea Research II.</em> 58: 196-204., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.05.015 [details]
additional source Vecchione, M., Allcock, L., Piatkowski, U. & Strugnell, J. (2009). <em>Benthoctopus rigbyae</em>, n. sp., a new species of cephalopod (Octopoda; Incirrata) from near the Antarctic Peninsula. <em>Malacologia.</em> 51(1): 13-28., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.051.0102 [details]
context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
additional source Strugnell, J.M., Cherel, Y., Cooke, I.R., Gleadall, I.G., Hochberg, F.G., Ibáñez, C.M., Jorgensen, E., Laptikhovsky, V.V., Linse, K., Norman, M., Vecchione, M., Voight, J.R. & Allcock, A.L. (2011). The Southern Ocean: source and sink?. <em>Deep-Sea Research II.</em> 58: 196-204., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.05.015 [details]
additional source Vecchione, M., Allcock, L., Piatkowski, U. & Strugnell, J. (2009). <em>Benthoctopus rigbyae</em>, n. sp., a new species of cephalopod (Octopoda; Incirrata) from near the Antarctic Peninsula. <em>Malacologia.</em> 51(1): 13-28., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.051.0102 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat neritic [details]
