Octopus atlanticus
creator: Gofas, Serge
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
creator: Marshall, Bruce
date: 2026-08-28
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 atlanticus A. d'Orbigny, 1834
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Octopus atlanticus A. d'Orbigny, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=749546 on 2026-08-28
created: 2014-01-30T13:11:24Z
is replaced by: 141694
modified: 2024-11-25T17:35:09Z
replaces: 1781046
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Octopus atlanticus A. d'Orbigny, 1834
accepted name usage ID: 141694
class: Cephalopoda
family: Octopodidae
genus: Octopus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834-1847). Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833. Tome 5(3) Mollusques. pp. i-xliii, 1-758, 85 plates [pls 1-2, 1834; pp. 1-104, pls 3-7, 10, 12, 1835; pp. 105-184, pls 8-9, 11, 13-23, 25-28, 1836; pls 24, 29-43, 41bis, 45-46, 1837; pp. 185-376, pls 44, 47-52, 55, 1838; pls 54, 56-65, 1839; pl. 66, 1840; pp. 377-488, pls 53, 67-77, 80, 1841; pp. 489-758, 1846; pls 78-79, 82-85, 1847].
name published in year: 1834-1847
order: Octopoda
parent name usage ID: 138268
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: A. d'Orbigny, 1834
specific epithet: atlanticus
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: unaccepted