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WoRMS taxon details

Enteroctopus dofleini (Wülker, 1910)

342305  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342305)

  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. Enteroctopodidae (Family)
  11. Enteroctopus (Genus)
  12. Enteroctopus dofleini (Species)
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(of Polypus dofleini Wülker, 1910) Wülker, G. (1910). Uber Japanische cephalopoden: Beitrage zur kenntnis der systema­tik und anatomie der dibranchiaten. <em>Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Classe der Koniglich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> supplement 1, 3: 1-77., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39312742
page(s): 7, fig. 1, 2, 10 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Enteroctopus dofleini (Wülker, 1910). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342305 on 2025-07-16
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2008-03-27 18:55:09Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2010-10-22 18:03:32Z
checked
Bouchet, Philippe
2018-02-07 15:28:10Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2020-04-10 10:57:27Z
changed
Finn, Julian

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Nomenclature

original description (of Octopus punctatus Gabb, 1862) Gabb, W. M. (1862). Descriptions of two new species of Cephalopodes in the Museum of the California Academy of Natural Sciences. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Natural Sciences.</em> 2: 170-172., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3837094
page(s): 170 [details] 

original description (of Polypus gilbertianus S. S. Berry, 1912) Berry, S. S. (1912). A review of the cephalopods of western North America. <em>Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Washington.</em> 30(1910):267-336., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3259505 [details] 

original description (of Polypus dofleini Wülker, 1910) Wülker, G. (1910). Uber Japanische cephalopoden: Beitrage zur kenntnis der systema­tik und anatomie der dibranchiaten. <em>Abhandlungen der Mathematisch-Physikalischen Classe der Koniglich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.</em> supplement 1, 3: 1-77., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39312742
page(s): 7, fig. 1, 2, 10 [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 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] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unknown type (of Octopus dofleini (Wülker, 1910)) IGGD1996.3.6.1 [details]
Unknown type OUM MO-00022 [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat coastal to shelf [details]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
English North Pacific giant octopusgiant Pacific octopusGiant North Pacific octopuscommon Pacific octopus [from synonym]  [details]
German Pazifischer Riesenkrake [from synonym]Pazifische Riesenkrake  [details]
Japanese ミズダコ  [details]
Russian Осьминог Дофлейна (гигантский северотихоокеанский)  [details]
To Barcode of Life (200 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (112 publications) (from synonym Octopus punctatus Gabb, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Octopus gilbertianus (S. S. Berry, 1912))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Octopus dofleini (Wülker, 1910))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Octopus apollyon (S. S. Berry, 1912))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Polypus apollyon S. S. Berry, 1912)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Paroctopus dofleini (Wülker, 1910))
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Octopus dofleini (Wülker, 1910))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Enteroctopus dofleini) 
To GenBank (273 nucleotides; 293 proteins) 
To GenBank (273 nucleotides; 293 proteins) (from synonym Octopus dofleini (Wülker, 1910))
To GenBank (273 nucleotides; 293 proteins) (from synonym Octopus punctatus Gabb, 1862)
To GenBank (273 nucleotides; 293 proteins) (from synonym Polypus gilbertianus S. S. Berry, 1912)
To GenBank (273 nucleotides; 293 proteins) (from synonym Polypus dofleini Wülker, 1910)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (TAX MOL 214320 Back) (from synonym Polypus gilbertianus S. S. Berry, 1912)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Octopus dofleini (Wülker, 1910))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Octopus punctatus Gabb, 1862)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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