African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Octopus Cuvier, 1798

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Loligo vulgaris Lamarck, 1798 (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Octopodidae A. d'Orbigny, 1840

Orig. name

Octopus Cuvier, 1798

Synonymised names

Polypus Leach, 1817 · unaccepted (ICZN Opinion 233)

Direct children (19)

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Species Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849
Species Octopus salutii Vérany, 1839
Species Octopus tehuelchus A. d'Orbigny, 1834
Species Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797
Species Octopus aegina J. E. Gray, 1849 accepted as Amphioctopus aegina (J. E. Gray, 1849) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Octopus defilippi Vérany, 1851 accepted as Macrotritopus defilippi (Vérany, 1851) (original combination)
Species Octopus horridus A. d'Orbigny, 1826 accepted as Abdopus horridus (A. d'Orbigny, 1826) (original combination)
Species Octopus indicus A. d'Orbigny, 1835 accepted as Cistopus indicus (A. d'Orbigny, 1835) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original combination)
Species Octopus lobensis Castellanos & Menni, 1969 accepted as Octopus tehuelchus A. d'Orbigny, 1834
Species Octopus macropus Risso, 1826 accepted as Callistoctopus macropus (Risso, 1826) (original combination)
Species Octopus magnificus Villanueva, P. Sánchez & Compagno Roeleveld, 1992 accepted as Enteroctopus magnificus (Villanueva, P. Sánchez & Compagno Roeleveld, 1992) (original combination)
Species Octopus membranaceus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 accepted as Amphioctopus membranaceus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) (original combination)
Species Octopus robsoni Adam, 1941 accepted as Amphioctopus robsoni (Adam, 1941)
Species Octopus rufus Risso, 1854 accepted as Scaeurgus unicirrhus (Delle Chiaje, 1841) (dubious synonym)
Species Octopus rugosus (Bosc, 1792) accepted as Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797
Species Octopus aranea A. d'Orbigny, 1834 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Octopus dubius Souleyet, 1852 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Octopus filamentosus Blainville, 1826 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Species Octopus pentherinus Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889 (uncertain > nomen dubium)

Environment

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

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Cuvier, G. (1798). Tableau élémentaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux. Baudoin, Paris. i-xvi, 1-710, Pl. 1-14. [pdf is for copepods :449-456]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637076
page(s): 380 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Octopus Cuvier, 1798. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024) African Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138268 on 2024-04-24

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2024). African Register of Marine Species. Octopus Cuvier, 1798. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138268 on 2024-04-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2013-10-13 18:03:35Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2015-01-31 10:25:01Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2018-02-07 15:28:10Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2018-05-27 23:05:56Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2020-05-04 20:12:36Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Cuvier, G. (1798). Tableau élémentaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux. Baudoin, Paris. i-xvi, 1-710, Pl. 1-14. [pdf is for copepods :449-456]., 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]

context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. Revista de Biologia Tropical. 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors

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]