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AfReMaS name details
Polypus
Leach, 1817
AphiaID
534142
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534142)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Mollusca
(Phylum)
Cephalopoda
(Class)
Coleoidea
(Subclass)
Octopodiformes
(Superorder)
Octopoda
(Order)
Incirrata
(Suborder)
Octopodoidea
(Superfamily)
Octopodidae
(Family)
Polypus
(Genus)
Status
unaccepted
(ICZN Opinion 233)
Accepted name
Octopus
Cuvier, 1797
Rank
Genus
Parent
Octopodidae A. d'Orbigny, 1839
Direct children (1)
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Species
Polypus macropus
(Risso, 1826)
accepted as
Callistoctopus macropus
(Risso, 1826)
accepted as
Pinnoctopus macropus
(Risso, 1826)
Environment
marine,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Original description
Not documented
Taxonomic citation
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase.
Polypus
Leach, 1817. 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=534142 on 2026-10-14
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) (2026). African Register of Marine Species.
Polypus
Leach, 1817. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534142 on 2026-10-14
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2010-10-17 17:01:16Z
created
Bouchet, Philippe
2018-02-07 15:28:10Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2020-07-18 20:05:46Z
changed
Gofas, Serge
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Sources (0)
Documented distribution (0)
Links (2)
Not documented
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polypus)
To Genbank
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