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Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849

210788  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210788)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Cephalopoda (Class)
  5. Coleoidea (Subclass)
  6. Octopodiformes (Superorder)
  7. Octopoda (Order)
  8. Incirrata (Suborder)
  9. Octopodoidea (Superfamily)
  10. Octopodidae (Family)
  11. Octopus (Genus)
  12. Octopus cyanea (Species)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2021) Marine Species Traits at: http://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210788 on 2025-09-18
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210788 on 2025-09-18
Date
action
by
1997-06-07 07:51:36Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-10-17 13:28:46Z
checked
Bouchet, Philippe
2010-10-25 17:59:26Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2018-02-07 15:28:10Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe

context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record Roper, C.F.E., M.J. Sweeney & C.E. Nauen (1984). FAO Species catalogue. Vol 3. Cephalopods of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries. FAO Fish. Synop. (125), Vol 3: 277 p. [details] 

additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Galil, B. (2007). Seeing Red: Alien species along the Mediterranean coast of Israel. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 2(4): 281-312., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2007.2.4.2 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional 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. <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. [details] 

additional source Tsuchiya, K.; Uzu, T. (1997). Sneaker Male in Octopus. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 56 (2): 177-181. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

status source Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. <i>Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin</i> 66:127–154. [details] 

identification resource Lu, C.C. & Chung, W.S. (2017). <em>Guide to the cephalopods of Taiwan</em>. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 560 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-2569-4.
page(s): 450 [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
To Barcode of Life (298 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) 
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Day Octopus) 
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Octopus) 
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Octopus) 
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Octopus) 
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Octopus) 
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Octopus) 
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Octopus) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Octopus cyanea) 
To GenBank (605 nucleotides; 603 proteins) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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