NARMS name details
Benthoctopus Grimpe, 1921
138266 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138266)
unaccepted (synonym)
Genus
Octopus piscatorum A. E. Verrill, 1879 accepted as Bathypolypus bairdii (A. E. Verrill, 1872) (type by original designation)
- Species Benthoctopus ergasticus (P. Fischer & H. Fischer, 1892) accepted as Bathypolypus ergasticus (P. Fischer & H. Fischer, 1892)
- Species Benthoctopus johnsoniana [sic] accepted as Benthoctopus johnsonianus Allcock, Strugnell, Ruggiero & M. A. Collins, 2006 accepted as Muusoctopus johnsonianus (Allcock, Strugnell, Ruggiero & M. A. Collins, 2006) (wrong grammatical gender agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Benthoctopus johnsonianus Allcock, Strugnell, Ruggiero & M. A. Collins, 2006 accepted as Muusoctopus johnsonianus (Allcock, Strugnell, Ruggiero & M. A. Collins, 2006)
- Species Benthoctopus lothei (Chun, 1913) accepted as Bathypolypus ergasticus (P. Fischer & H. Fischer, 1892)
- Species Benthoctopus normani (Massy, 1907) accepted as Muusoctopus normani (Massy, 1907) accepted as Muusoctopus januarii (Hoyle, 1885)
- Species Benthoctopus piscatorum (A. E. Verrill, 1879) accepted as Bathypolypus bairdii (A. E. Verrill, 1872) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Benthoctopus sasakii G. C. Robson, 1927 accepted as Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Benthoctopus Grimpe, 1921. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138266 on 2025-05-12
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Benthoctopus Grimpe, 1921. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138266 on 2025-05-12
Date
action
by
2006-09-06 06:55:51Z
changed
Martinez, Olga
basis of record
Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source 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]
source of synonymy Gleadall, I. G. (2004). Some old and new genera of Octopus. <em>Interdisciplinary Information Sciences.</em> 10(2): 99-112., available online at https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/iis/10/2/10_2_99/_pdf [details]
additional source 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]
source of synonymy Gleadall, I. G. (2004). Some old and new genera of Octopus. <em>Interdisciplinary Information Sciences.</em> 10(2): 99-112., available online at https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/iis/10/2/10_2_99/_pdf [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
