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Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797

140605  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140605)

accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Cuvier, G. (1798). Tableau élémentaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux. <em>Baudoin, Paris.</em> 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]  OpenAccess publication 
Nomenclature ICZN opinion 233: specific name of type species of Octopus Cuvier, 1797  
Nomenclature ICZN opinion 233: specific name of type species of Octopus Cuvier, 1797 [details]

Distribution circum-global  
Distribution circum-global [details]

Distribution Western Atlantic: Occurs primarily south of Cape Hatteras, but it is distributed as far north as Connecticut.  
Distribution Western Atlantic: Occurs primarily south of Cape Hatteras, but it is distributed as far north as Connecticut. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797. Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140605 on 2024-04-25
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2024). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140605 on 2024-04-25
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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original description Cuvier, G. (1798). Tableau élémentaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux. <em>Baudoin, Paris.</em> 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]  OpenAccess publication 

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 (HKRMS) City University of Hong Kong. (2013). Provision of Services for Species Identification and Data Analysis ofEpibenthic Organisms from Hong Kong Water. Final report. Environmental Protection Department. Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University [details]   

context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [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. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date</i>. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls. [details]   

additional source Gao, Y.- M. ; Natsukari, Y. (1990). Karyological Studies on Seven Cephalopods. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 49(2):126-145. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Roper, C.F.E., M.J. Sweeney & C.E. Nauen (1984). FAO Species catalogue. Vol 3. Cephalopods of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries. FAO Fish. Synop. (125), Vol 3: 277 p. [details]   

additional source Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. <i>Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin</i> 66:127–154. [details]   

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Nomenclature ICZN opinion 233: specific name of type species of Octopus Cuvier, 1797 [details]

From other sources
Authority Winkworth (1932), Jaeckel (1958) and Abbott (1974) mention "Lamarck, 1798" as authority. Other authors however mention "Cuvier, 1797" (McKay & Smith, 1979; Heppel & Smith, 1983). Until the original description is checked the first authors are followed. [details]

Distribution circum-global [details]

Distribution Western Atlantic: Occurs primarily south of Cape Hatteras, but it is distributed as far north as Connecticut. [details]

Habitat coastal to shelf [details]

Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LanguageName 
Albanian tetëkëmbëshioktapodi i zakonshëmlikurishtja  [details]
Catalan pop verpop roquer  [details]
Czech chobotnice pobřežní  [details]
Danish almindelig ottearmet blæksprutte  [details]
Dutch kraakgewoone octopusgewone octopusgewone achtarmachtarm  [details]
English scuttlerock scuttlecommon octopuscommon European octopuscommon Atlantic octopus  [details]
Finnish meritursas  [details]
French poulpe de rochepoulpe communpoulpepieuvre communepieuvre  [details]
Galician polvo  [details]
German PolypKrakegewöhnlicher KrakeGemeiner Octopusgemeiner Krake  [details]
Hassaniyya azeiz  [details]
Italian polpo di scogliopolpo comune  [details]
Japanese マダコma-dako tako  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Χταπόδι  [details]
Polish ośmiornica zwyczajna  [details]
Portuguese polvo-vulgarpolvo comum  [details]
Russian obiknovenniy shprotobiknovenniy osminog  [details]
Spanish pulpo de rocapulpo comúnpulpo  [details]
Swedish attaarmade bläckfiskar  [details]
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