WoRMS name details
Benthoctopus normani (Massy, 1907)
341923 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:341923)
unaccepted
Species
Benthoctopus Grimpe, 1921 accepted as Bathypolypus Grimpe, 1921
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Polypus normani Massy, 1907) Massy, A.L. (1907). Preliminary notice of new and remarkable cephalopods from the south-west coast of Ireland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 20(7): 377-384., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254245
page(s): 377-384 [details]
page(s): 377-384 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Benthoctopus normani (Massy, 1907). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=341923 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
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. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 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. 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): 96 [details]
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. 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): 96 [details]
Other
additional source
Strugnell, J.M., Cherel, Y., Cooke, I.R., Gleadall, I.G., Hochberg, F.G., Ibáñez, C.M., Jorgensen, E., Laptikhovsky, V.V., Linse, K., Norman, M., Vecchione, M., Voight, J.R. & Allcock, A.L. (2011). The Southern Ocean: source and sink?. Deep-Sea Research II. 58: 196-204. [details]
additional source Allcock, A.L., Strugnell, J.M., Ruggiero, H. & Collins, M.A. Redescription of the deep-sea octopod Benthoctopus normani (Massy 1907) and a description of a new species from the Northeast Atlantic. Marine Biology Research. 2(6): 372-389. [details]
additional source Vecchione, M., Allcock, L., Piatkowski, U. & Strugnell, J. (2009). Benthoctopus rigbyae, n. sp., a new species of cephalopod (Octopoda; Incirrata) from near the Antarctic Peninsula. Malacologia. 51(1): 13-28. [details]
additional source Strugnell J., Voight J.R., Collins P.C. & Allcock L. (2009) Molecular phylogenetic analysis of a known and a new hydrothermal vent octopod: their relationships with the genus Benthoctopus (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae). Zootaxa 2096:442–459. [details]
additional source Allcock, A.L., Strugnell, J.M., Ruggiero, H. & Collins, M.A. Redescription of the deep-sea octopod Benthoctopus normani (Massy 1907) and a description of a new species from the Northeast Atlantic. Marine Biology Research. 2(6): 372-389. [details]
additional source Vecchione, M., Allcock, L., Piatkowski, U. & Strugnell, J. (2009). Benthoctopus rigbyae, n. sp., a new species of cephalopod (Octopoda; Incirrata) from near the Antarctic Peninsula. Malacologia. 51(1): 13-28. [details]
additional source Strugnell J., Voight J.R., Collins P.C. & Allcock L. (2009) Molecular phylogenetic analysis of a known and a new hydrothermal vent octopod: their relationships with the genus Benthoctopus (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae). Zootaxa 2096:442–459. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
- Unreviewed
- North Atlantic Ocean
