WoRMS taxon details
Octopus americanus Froriep, 1806
749548 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:749548)
accepted
Species
Octopus backerii A. d'Orbigny, 1826 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling
Octopus bakerii A. d'Orbigny, 1826 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Octopus eudora J. E. Gray, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Octopus geryonea J. E. Gray, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Froriep, L. F. von. (1806). <i>Duméril's analytische Zoologie</i>. Weimar. vi + 356 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51136146 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Octopus americanus Froriep, 1806. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=749548 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Froriep, L. F. von. (1806). <i>Duméril's analytische Zoologie</i>. Weimar. vi + 356 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51136146 [details]
original description (of Octopus backerii A. d'Orbigny, 1826) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1826). Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> vol. 7: 96-169, 245-314., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5753959
page(s): 144 [details]
original description (of Octopus eudora J. E. Gray, 1849) Gray, J. E. (1849). <i>Catalogue of the Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum I: Cephalopoda antepedia</i>. London: British Museum. 164 pp,. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47563
page(s): 9 [details]
original description (of Octopus geryonea J. E. Gray, 1849) Gray, J. E. (1849). <i>Catalogue of the Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum I: Cephalopoda antepedia</i>. London: British Museum. 164 pp,. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47563
page(s): 7 [details]
original description (of Octopus backerii A. d'Orbigny, 1826) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1826). Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> vol. 7: 96-169, 245-314., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5753959
page(s): 144 [details]
original description (of Octopus eudora J. E. Gray, 1849) Gray, J. E. (1849). <i>Catalogue of the Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum I: Cephalopoda antepedia</i>. London: British Museum. 164 pp,. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47563
page(s): 9 [details]
original description (of Octopus geryonea J. E. Gray, 1849) Gray, J. E. (1849). <i>Catalogue of the Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum I: Cephalopoda antepedia</i>. London: British Museum. 164 pp,. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47563
page(s): 7 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
González-Gómez, R.; Avendaño, O.; De Los Angeles Barriga-Sosa, I.; Bastos, P.; Caamal-Monsreal, C.; Castillo-Estrada, G.; Cedillo-Robles, C.; Daw, A.; Díaz-Santana-Iturrios, M.; Galindo-Cortes, G.; Guerrero-Kommritz, J.; Haimovici, M.; Ibáñez, C. M.; De Lourdes Jiménez-Badillo, M.; Larson, P.; Leite, T.; Lima, F. D.; Markaida, U.; Meiners-Mandujano, C.; Morillo-Velarde, P. S.; Ortiz, N.; Pardo-Gandarillas, M. C.; Pliego-Cárdenas, R.; Ré, M. E.; Siegel, B.; Urbano, B.; Vidal, E. A. G.; Gleadall, I. G. (2024). Biodiversity of octopuses in the Americas. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 171: 189: 1-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-024-04489-0 [details]
Other
additional source
Guppy, R. J. L. (1879). First sketch of a marine invertebrate fauna of the Gulf of Paria and its neighbourhood. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 2: 151-172., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31584869
page(s): 153; note: Attributed to Orbigny [details]
additional source Voss, G. L. & Toll, R. B. (1998). The systematics and nomenclatural status of the Octopodinae described from the western Atlantic Ocean. <em>Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology,.</em> 586(2): 457-474.
page(s): 460 [details]
additional source Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1802-1805). <i>Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des mollusques : animaux sans vertèbres et a sang blanc / Ouvrage faisant suite aux Œuvres de Leclerc de Buffon, et partie du cours complet d'Histoire naturelle rédigée par C.S. Sonnini.</i> Tome 101 [Mollusques 1], 1802; tome 102 [Mollusques 2], 1802; tome 103 [Mollusques 3], 1802; tome 104 [Mollusques 4], 1802; tome 105 [Mollusques 5], 1805; tome 106 [Mollusques 6], 1806. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/51804#/summary
page(s): 3: 38, pls 30-31; note: as "le poulpe américain" [vernacular name only] [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1877). First sketch of a marine invertebrate fauna of the Gulf of Paria and its neighbourhood. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 2(3): 134-157., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54078108
page(s): 136; note: Attributed to d'Orbigny [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1895). The Molluska of the Gulf of Paria. <em>Proceedings of the Victoria Institute of Trinidad.</em> Pt. 2: 116-152., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54372323
page(s): 122; note: Attributed to Orbigny [details]
page(s): 153; note: Attributed to Orbigny [details]
additional source Voss, G. L. & Toll, R. B. (1998). The systematics and nomenclatural status of the Octopodinae described from the western Atlantic Ocean. <em>Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology,.</em> 586(2): 457-474.
page(s): 460 [details]
additional source Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1802-1805). <i>Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des mollusques : animaux sans vertèbres et a sang blanc / Ouvrage faisant suite aux Œuvres de Leclerc de Buffon, et partie du cours complet d'Histoire naturelle rédigée par C.S. Sonnini.</i> Tome 101 [Mollusques 1], 1802; tome 102 [Mollusques 2], 1802; tome 103 [Mollusques 3], 1802; tome 104 [Mollusques 4], 1802; tome 105 [Mollusques 5], 1805; tome 106 [Mollusques 6], 1806. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/51804#/summary
page(s): 3: 38, pls 30-31; note: as "le poulpe américain" [vernacular name only] [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1877). First sketch of a marine invertebrate fauna of the Gulf of Paria and its neighbourhood. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 2(3): 134-157., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54078108
page(s): 136; note: Attributed to d'Orbigny [details]
additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1895). The Molluska of the Gulf of Paria. <em>Proceedings of the Victoria Institute of Trinidad.</em> Pt. 2: 116-152., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54372323
page(s): 122; note: Attributed to Orbigny [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Octopus eudora J. E. Gray, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Octopus geryonea J. E. Gray, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Octopus americanus)
To GenBank (46 nucleotides; 31 proteins)
To PESI
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Octopus eudora J. E. Gray, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Octopus geryonea J. E. Gray, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Octopus americanus)
To GenBank (46 nucleotides; 31 proteins)
To PESI
