Octopus vulgaris
creator: Gofas, Serge
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
date: 2026-08-02
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 vulgaris Cuvier, 1797
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140605 on 2026-08-02
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2018-02-07T16:28:10Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Octopus vulgaris 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: 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. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]. 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5.
name published in: Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1826). Poulpe, Octopus (Malacoz.). pp. 170-214, in: Dictonnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 43. Levrault, Strasbourg & Le Normant, Paris.
name published in: Tryon, G. W. (1878-1879). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, 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].
name published in: 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. [Summary of the discoveries and somiological works of Mr. C.S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz between 1800 and 1814; or reasoned selection of his principal discoveries in zoology and botany, to serve as an introduction to his future works.]. Palerme. :1-55.
name published in: Gray, J. E. (1849). Catalogue of the Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum I: Cephalopoda antepedia. London: British Museum. 164 pp,.
name published in: Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910.
name published in: Oken, L. (1815 - 1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. [Textbook of Natural History. Part Three: Zoology.]. Erste Abtheilung: Fleischlose Thiere,Leipzig: C.H. Reclam & Jena: A. Schmid, [book (3rd vol part one, of 3 vols, including plates atlas of T.1, 1813]. xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. L [copepods 180-184, 357-359, 4 plates].
name published in: Bosc [L. A. G.] (1792). Sepia rugosa. Actes de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 1: 24, Pl. 5
name published in year: 1797
name published in year: 1826 - 1827
name published in year: 1826
name published in year: 1878-1879
name published in year: 1814
name published in year: 1849
name published in year: 1791
name published in year: 1815 - 1816
name published in year: 1792
order: Octopoda
parent name usage ID: 138268
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: Cuvier, 1797
specific epithet: vulgaris
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted