UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO) - Octopus varunae Oommen, 1971

WoRMS name details

Octopus varunae Oommen, 1971

AphiaID

342041 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342041)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (original combination)

Accepted Name

Amphioctopus varunae (Oommen, 1971)

Rank

Species

Parent

Octopus Cuvier, 1798

Orig. name

Octopus varunae Oommen, 1971

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Oommen, V.P. (1971). Octopus varunae, a new species from the west coast of India. Bulletin of the Department of Marine Biology and Oceanography, University of Kerala. 5: 69-76.
page(s): 69 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Octopus varunae Oommen, 1971. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342041 on 2024-05-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-27 18:55:09Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2010-10-20 12:48:22Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2017-11-16 22:19:15Z

changed

Finn, Julian

Licensing

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original description Oommen, V.P. (1971). Octopus varunae, a new species from the west coast of India. Bulletin of the Department of Marine Biology and Oceanography, University of Kerala. 5: 69-76.
page(s): 69 [details]

basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To ITIS