WoRMS name details
Octopus pictus Brock, 1882
534585 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534585)
unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of Octopus pictus Blainville, 1826)
Species
- Variety Octopus pictus var. fasciata Hoyle, 1886 accepted as Hapalochlaena fasciata (Hoyle, 1886)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Brock, J. (1882). Zur Anatomie und Systematik der Cephalopoden. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 36: 543-606., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45332172
page(s): 603 [details]
page(s): 603 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Octopus pictus Brock, 1882. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534585 on 2026-07-31
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Nomenclature
original description
Brock, J. (1882). Zur Anatomie und Systematik der Cephalopoden. <em>Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 36: 543-606., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45332172
page(s): 603 [details]
page(s): 603 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
