African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Octopus horridus A. d'Orbigny, 1826

AfReMaS name details

Octopus horridus A. d'Orbigny, 1826

AphiaID

210790 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210790)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (original combination)

Accepted name

Abdopus horridus (A. d'Orbigny, 1826)

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Abdopus Norman & Finn, 2001

Parent

Octopus Cuvier, 1798

Original name

Octopus horridus A. d'Orbigny, 1826

Environment

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

Original description

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]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Octopus horridus d'Orbigny, 1826. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210790 on 2025-11-15

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Octopus horridus A. d'Orbigny, 1826. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210790 on 2025-11-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-11-13 08:24:17Z

created

Fondo, Esther

2010-10-22 18:03:32Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2010-10-23 21:13:51Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2017-11-16 22:19:15Z

changed

Finn, Julian

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original description 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]

additional source Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Férussac, A. E. J. P. F. d'Audebard de & d'Orbigny, A. (1835-1848). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Céphalopodes acétabulifères vivants et fossiles. pp. [1-96], i-lvi, 1-361, Atlas with 144 plates. Paris, Baillière., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13093019
page(s): Octopus pl. 7 fig. 3 [1834]; 51-53 [1841] [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To NHMUK collection (Octopus horridus d'Orbigny, 1826; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2437384)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS

Unreviewed

To NHMUK collection (Octopus horridus d'Orbigny, 1826; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2437384)

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