Octopus
creator: Gofas, Serge
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
creator: Marshall, Bruce
date: 2026-08-24
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Octopus Cuvier, 1797
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Octopus Cuvier, 1797. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138268 on 2026-08-24
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2026-05-03T23:24:40Z
replaces: 1598781
replaces: 534142
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Octopus Cuvier, 1797
class: Cephalopoda
family: Octopodidae
genus: Octopus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Cuvier, G. (1797). Tableau élémentaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux. [Elementary Table of the Natural History of Animals.]. Baudoin, Paris. :i-xvi, 1-710, pls 1-14. [Dec 1797].
name published in year: 1797
order: Octopoda
parent name usage ID: 11782
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: Cuvier, 1797
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted