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Callistoctopus Taki, 1964

AphiaID

534103 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534103)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Callistoctopus arakawai Taki, 1964 accepted as Callistoctopus ornatus (A. Gould, 1852) accepted as Pinnoctopus ornatus (A. Gould, 1852) (type by original designation)

Parent

Octopodidae A. d'Orbigny, 1839

Original name

Callistoctopus Taki, 1964

Direct children (21)

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Species Callistoctopus bunurong (Stranks, 1990)
Species Callistoctopus furvus (A. Gould, 1852)
Species Callistoctopus gracilis Y. Tang, X.-D. Zheng & C.-C. Lu, 2024
Species Callistoctopus lechenaultii (A. d'Orbigny, 1826)
Species Callistoctopus luteus (Sasaki, 1929)
Species Callistoctopus nocturnus (Norman & Sweeney, 1997)
Species Callistoctopus paucilamellus Y. Tang, X.-D. Zheng & C.-C. Lu, 2024
Species Callistoctopus rapanui (G. L. Voss, 1979)
Species Callistoctopus sparsus Y. Tang, X.-D. Zheng & C.-C. Lu, 2024
Species Callistoctopus tenuipes J.-H. Li, C-.X. Xu & X.-D. Zheng, 2022
Species Callistoctopus xiaohongxu X.-D. Zheng, C.-X. Xu & J.-H. Li, 2022
Species Callistoctopus alpheus (Norman, 1993) accepted as Pinnoctopus alpheus (Norman, 1993) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Callistoctopus arakawai Taki, 1964 accepted as Callistoctopus ornatus (A. Gould, 1852) accepted as Pinnoctopus ornatus (A. Gould, 1852) (synonym)
Species Callistoctopus aspilosomatis (Norman, 1993) accepted as Pinnoctopus aspilosomatis (Norman, 1993) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Callistoctopus dierythraeus (Norman, 1993) accepted as Pinnoctopus dierythraeus (Norman, 1993) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Callistoctopus graptus (Norman, 1993) accepted as Pinnoctopus graptus (Norman, 1993) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Callistoctopus kermadecensis (S. S. Berry, 1914) accepted as Pinnoctopus kermadecensis (S. S. Berry, 1914)
Species Callistoctopus macropus (Risso, 1826) accepted as Pinnoctopus macropus (Risso, 1826) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Callistoctopus magnocellatus Taki, 1964 accepted as Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849 (synonym)
Species Callistoctopus ornatus (A. Gould, 1852) accepted as Pinnoctopus ornatus (A. Gould, 1852) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Callistoctopus taprobanensis (G. C. Robson, 1926) (uncertain > nomen dubium)

Environment

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

Original description

Taki, I. (1964). On eleven new species of the Cephalopoda from Japan, including two new genera of Octopodinae. Journal of the Faculty of Fisheries and Animal Husbandry, Hiroshima University. 5(2): 277-343., available online at https://ir.lib.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/files/public/4/40363/20160613104509553385/JFacFishAnim_5_277.pdf
page(s): 292 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Callistoctopus Taki, 1964. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534103 on 2025-05-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-10-17 13:28:46Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2014-11-19 01:32:00Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2017-11-18 07:10:58Z

changed

Finn, Julian

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Taki, I. (1964). On eleven new species of the Cephalopoda from Japan, including two new genera of Octopodinae. Journal of the Faculty of Fisheries and Animal Husbandry, Hiroshima University. 5(2): 277-343., available online at https://ir.lib.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/files/public/4/40363/20160613104509553385/JFacFishAnim_5_277.pdf
page(s): 292 [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. 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.
page(s): 99 [details]

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Introduced: alien

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