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AfReMaS name details
Octopus aranea
A. d'Orbigny, 1834
AphiaID
534729
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534729)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Mollusca
(Phylum)
Cephalopoda
(Class)
Coleoidea
(Subclass)
Octopodiformes
(Superorder)
Octopoda
(Order)
Incirrata
(Suborder)
Octopodoidea
(Superfamily)
Octopodidae
(Family)
Octopus
(Genus)
Octopus aranea
(Species)
Status
uncertain >
taxon inquirendum
Rank
Species
Parent
Octopus
Cuvier, 1798
Environment
marine,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Original description
Not documented
Taxonomic citation
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase.
Octopus aranea
d'Orbigny, 1834. 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=534729 on 2025-10-31
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 aranea
A. d'Orbigny, 1834. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534729 on 2025-10-31
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2010-10-21 18:18:05Z
created
Bouchet, Philippe
2018-02-07 15:28:10Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
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Sources (1)
Documented distribution (0)
Links (2)
status 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
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To ITIS
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