WoRMS taxon details
Octopoteuthis sicula Rüppell, 1844
181379 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:181379)
accepted
Species
Octopoteuthis siculus Rüppell, 1844 · unaccepted (spelling variation)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Rüppell, E. (1844). Intorno ad alcuni cefalopodi del mare di Messina: lettera del Dr. Eduardo Rüppell di Frankfort sul Meno al Prof. Anastasio Cocco. <em>Giornale del Gabinetto Letteràrio di Messina.</em> 5(27–28):129-135.
page(s): 134 [details]
page(s): 134 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Octopoteuthis sicula Rüppell, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181379 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Rüppell, E. (1844). Intorno ad alcuni cefalopodi del mare di Messina: lettera del Dr. Eduardo Rüppell di Frankfort sul Meno al Prof. Anastasio Cocco. <em>Giornale del Gabinetto Letteràrio di Messina.</em> 5(27–28):129-135.
page(s): 134 [details]
page(s): 134 [details]
Identification resource
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): 302 [details]
page(s): 302 [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]
context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]
additional source Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Octopoteuthidae. <em>In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO.</em> pp. 262-268., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 264 [details]
additional source Judkins, H. L., M. Vecchione, and C. F. E. Roper. 2009. Cephalopoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 701–709 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
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
[request]
context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]
additional source Roper, C. F. E.; Jereb, P. (2010). Family Octopoteuthidae. <em>In: P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO.</em> pp. 262-268., available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 264 [details]
additional source Judkins, H. L., M. Vecchione, and C. F. E. Roper. 2009. Cephalopoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 701–709 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
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
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese | Bā-Wàn-Yóu | [details] |
| English | Ruppell's octopus squidoctopod squid | [details] |
| German | Achtarmkalmar | [details] |
| Japanese | ヤツデイカ | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Οκταπλόκαμο καλαμάρι | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (25 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Octopoteuthis sicula)
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Octopoteuthis siculus Rüppell, 1844)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Octopoteuthis sicula)
To GenBank (34 nucleotides; 27 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Octopoteuthis siculus Rüppell, 1844)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
