WoRMS taxon details
Muusoctopus januarii (Hoyle, 1885)
527149 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:527149)
accepted
Species
Benthoctopus januarii (Hoyle, 1885) · unaccepted
Benthoctopus normani (Massy, 1907) · unaccepted
Muusoctopus normani (Massy, 1907) · unaccepted (synonym)
Octopus januarii Hoyle, 1885 · unaccepted
Polypus normani Massy, 1907 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Octopus januarii Hoyle, 1885) Hoyle, W.E. (1885). Diagnoses of new species of Cephalopoda collected during the cruise of H.M.S. Challenger, I: The Octopoda. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> series 5, 15:222-236., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15821176
page(s): 229 (in part) [details]
page(s): 229 (in part) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Muusoctopus januarii (Hoyle, 1885). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527149 on 2025-05-08
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Octopus januarii Hoyle, 1885) Hoyle, W.E. (1885). Diagnoses of new species of Cephalopoda collected during the cruise of H.M.S. Challenger, I: The Octopoda. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> series 5, 15:222-236., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15821176
page(s): 229 (in part) [details]
original description (of Polypus normani Massy, 1907) Massy, A.L. (1907). Preliminary notice of new and remarkable cephalopods from the south-west coast of Ireland. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 20(7): 377-384., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254245
page(s): 377-384 [details]
basis of record 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. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date</i>. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls.
page(s): 151 [details]
new combination reference Gleadall, I. G. (2004). Some old and new genera of Octopus. <em>Interdisciplinary Information Sciences.</em> 10(2): 99-112., available online at https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/iis/10/2/10_2_99/_pdf
page(s): 106 [details]
page(s): 229 (in part) [details]
original description (of Polypus normani Massy, 1907) Massy, A.L. (1907). Preliminary notice of new and remarkable cephalopods from the south-west coast of Ireland. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 20(7): 377-384., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254245
page(s): 377-384 [details]
basis of record 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. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date</i>. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls.
page(s): 151 [details]
new combination reference Gleadall, I. G. (2004). Some old and new genera of Octopus. <em>Interdisciplinary Information Sciences.</em> 10(2): 99-112., available online at https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/iis/10/2/10_2_99/_pdf
page(s): 106 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Ibáñez, C.M., Pardo-Gandarillas, M.C., Peña, F., Gleadall, I.G., Poulin, E. & Sellanes, J. (2016). Phylogeny and biogeography of <em>Muusoctopus</em> (Cephalopoda: Enteroctopodidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 45: 494-503. [details]
additional source Gleadall, I.G. (2013). A molecular sequence proxy for <em>Muusoctopus januarii</em> and calibration of recent divergence among a group of mesobenthic octopuses. <em>Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.</em> 447: 106–122. [details]
additional source Ibáñez, C.M., Pardo-Gandarillas, M.C., Peña, F., Gleadall, I.G., Poulin, E. & Sellanes, J. (2016). Phylogeny and biogeography of <em>Muusoctopus</em> (Cephalopoda: Enteroctopodidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 45: 494-503. [details]
additional source Gleadall, I.G. (2013). A molecular sequence proxy for <em>Muusoctopus januarii</em> and calibration of recent divergence among a group of mesobenthic octopuses. <em>Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.</em> 447: 106–122. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | january octopus [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Benthoctopus normani (Massy, 1907))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Octopus januarii Hoyle, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Benthoctopus januarii (Hoyle, 1885))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Polypus normani Massy, 1907)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Muusoctopus januarii)
To GenBank (43 nucleotides; 41 proteins) (from synonym Benthoctopus normani (Massy, 1907))
To GenBank (43 nucleotides; 41 proteins)
To GenBank (43 nucleotides; 41 proteins) (from synonym Polypus normani Massy, 1907)
To GenBank (43 nucleotides; 41 proteins) (from synonym Octopus januarii Hoyle, 1885)
To GenBank (43 nucleotides; 41 proteins) (from synonym Muusoctopus normani (Massy, 1907))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Muusoctopus normani (Massy, 1907))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI (from synonym Muusoctopus normani (Massy, 1907))
To PESI (from synonym Benthoctopus normani (Massy, 1907))
To PESI (from synonym Polypus normani Massy, 1907)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Benthoctopus januarii (Hoyle, 1885))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Octopus januarii Hoyle, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Benthoctopus januarii (Hoyle, 1885))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Polypus normani Massy, 1907)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Muusoctopus januarii)
To GenBank (43 nucleotides; 41 proteins) (from synonym Benthoctopus normani (Massy, 1907))
To GenBank (43 nucleotides; 41 proteins)
To GenBank (43 nucleotides; 41 proteins) (from synonym Polypus normani Massy, 1907)
To GenBank (43 nucleotides; 41 proteins) (from synonym Octopus januarii Hoyle, 1885)
To GenBank (43 nucleotides; 41 proteins) (from synonym Muusoctopus normani (Massy, 1907))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Muusoctopus normani (Massy, 1907))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI (from synonym Muusoctopus normani (Massy, 1907))
To PESI (from synonym Benthoctopus normani (Massy, 1907))
To PESI (from synonym Polypus normani Massy, 1907)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Benthoctopus januarii (Hoyle, 1885))
