Chinese Register of Marine Species - Octopus Cuvier, 1797

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Register of
Marine Species
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ChaRMS taxon details

Octopus Cuvier, 1797

AphiaID

138268 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138268)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Octopodidae A. d'Orbigny, 1839

Original name

Octopus Cuvier, 1797

Direct children (16)

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Species Octopus berenice J. E. Gray, 1849
Species Octopus bimaculatus A. E. Verrill, 1883
Species Octopus bocki Adam, 1941
Species Octopus cyanea J. E. Gray, 1849
Species Octopus microphthalmus E. S. Goodrich, 1896
Species Octopus minor (M. Sasaki, 1920)
Species Octopus vitiensis Hoyle, 1885
Species Octopus wolfi (Wülker, 1913)
Species Octopus aegina J. E. Gray, 1849 accepted as Amphioctopus aegina (J. E. Gray, 1849) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Octopus exannulatus M. Norman, 1993 accepted as Amphioctopus exannulatus (M. Norman, 1993) (original combination)
Species Octopus fangsiao A. d'Orbigny, 1841 accepted as Amphioctopus fangsiao (A. d'Orbigny, 1841) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Octopus harmandi Rochebrune, 1882 accepted as Abdopus aculeatus (A. d'Orbigny, 1834) (synonym)
Species Octopus luteus (M. Sasaki, 1929) accepted as Callistoctopus luteus (M. Sasaki, 1929) accepted as Pinnoctopus luteus (M. Sasaki, 1929)
Species Octopus marginatus Taki, 1964 accepted as Amphioctopus marginatus (Taki, 1964) (original combination)
Species Octopus mototi M. Norman, 1993 accepted as Amphioctopus mototi (M. Norman, 1993) (original combination)
Species Octopus ornatus A. A. Gould, 1852 accepted as Pinnoctopus ornatus (A. A. Gould, 1852) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

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]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637076
page(s): 380 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Octopus Cuvier, 1797. Accessed through: Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2026) Chinese Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138268 on 2026-06-06

Regional species database citation

Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2026). Chinese Register of Marine Species. Octopus Cuvier, 1797. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138268 on 2026-06-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2013-10-13 18:03:35Z

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Gofas, Serge

2015-01-31 10:25:01Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2018-02-07 15:28:10Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2018-05-27 23:05:56Z

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Marshall, Bruce

2020-05-04 20:12:36Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2026-04-21 08:57:28Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2026-05-03 21:24:40Z

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Marshall, Bruce

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original description 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]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637076
page(s): 380 [details]

taxonomy source Norman M.D., Finn J.K. & Hochberg F.G. (2014). Family Octopodidae. pp. 36-215, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO]. 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls. [details]

subsequent type designation ICZN. (1997). Opinion 1861. Octopus vulgaris Cuvier [1797] and Loligo vulgaris Lamarck, 1798 (Mollusca, Cephalopoda): specific names conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 54: 59-60., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12446295 [details]