Octopus diminutus
creator: Tran, Bastien
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
creator: Finn, Julian
date: 2026-08-29
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 diminutus Kaneko & Kubodera, 2008
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Octopus diminutus Kaneko & Kubodera, 2008. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457665 on 2026-08-29
created: 2010-02-12T15:16:04Z
modified: 2018-02-16T01:06:45Z
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Octopus diminutus Kaneko & Kubodera, 2008
class: Cephalopoda
family: Octopodidae
genus: Octopus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Kaneko N. & Kubodera T. (2008) Two new species of pygmy octopuses (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from deep water off the Ryukyu Archipelago, southern Japan. Molluscan Research 28(3):145-157.
name published in year: 2008
order: Octopoda
parent name usage ID: 138268
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: Kaneko & Kubodera, 2008
specific epithet: diminutus
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted