Deep-Sea taxon details
Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797
140605 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140605)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Cuvier G.L. (1798). Tableau élementaire de l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux. Paris, Baudouin. xvi + 710 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42906
page(s): 380 [details]
page(s): 380 [details]
Nomenclature ICZN opinion 233: specific name of type species of Octopus Cuvier, 1797
Distribution Western Atlantic: Occurs primarily south of Cape Hatteras, but it is distributed as far north as Connecticut.
Distribution circum-global
Nomenclature ICZN opinion 233: specific name of type species of Octopus Cuvier, 1797 [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]
Distribution circum-global
Distribution circum-global [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2021) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: http://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140605 on 2021-03-08
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2021). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797. Accessed at: http://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140605 on 2021-03-08
original description
Cuvier G.L. (1798). Tableau élementaire de l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux. Paris, Baudouin. xvi + 710 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42906
page(s): 380 [details]
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]
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 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]
page(s): 380 [details]
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]
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 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]
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 Western Atlantic: Occurs primarily south of Cape Hatteras, but it is distributed as far north as Connecticut. [details]
Distribution circum-global [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
Habitat coastal to shelf [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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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To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
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To GenBank (32610 nucleotides; 593 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
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To NMNH Extant Collection (Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797 (USNM 856584) left lateral view)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096645)
To ITIS
To Antarctic Invertebrates
To Barcode of Life (280 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (712 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To FAO Species fact sheets
To GenBank (32610 nucleotides; 593 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To NMNH Extant Collection (Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797 (USNM 856584) left lateral view)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 096645)
To ITIS
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