WoRMS taxon details
Pinnoctopus furvus (A. A. Gould, 1852)
1872226 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1872226)
accepted
Species
Callistoctopus furvus (A. A. Gould, 1852) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Octopus bermudensis Hoyle, 1885 · unaccepted (synonym)
Octopus chromatus Heilprin, 1888 · unaccepted (synonym)
Octopus furvus A. A. Gould, 1852 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Octopus furvus A. A. Gould, 1852) Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston.</em> 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10991152
page(s): 475, pi. 47 figs 589a-d [details]
page(s): 475, pi. 47 figs 589a-d [details]
Type locality contained in Southeastern Brazil
type locality contained in Southeastern Brazil [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pinnoctopus furvus (A. A. Gould, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1872226 on 2026-06-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Octopus bermudensis Hoyle, 1885) Hoyle, W.E. (1885). Diagnoses of new species of Cephalopoda collected during the cruise of H.M.S. Challenger, I: The Octopoda. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> series 5, 15:222-236., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15821176
page(s): 228 [details]
original description (of Octopus furvus A. A. Gould, 1852) Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston.</em> 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10991152
page(s): 475, pi. 47 figs 589a-d [details]
original description (of Octopus chromatus Heilprin, 1888) Heilprin, A. (1888). Contributions to the Natural History of the Bermuda Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 40: 302-328., available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4061282.pdf
page(s): 324 [details]
new combination reference Sánchez-López, L.I., Villegas-Sánchez, C.A., Jarquín-González, J., Rosas-Luis, R. & Leite, T. S. (2025). Identification of octopus species and genetic structure of <i>Octopus insularis</i> in the western Atlantic. <em>Aquatic Ecology.</em> 59: 577–595., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-025-10181-2 [details]
page(s): 228 [details]
original description (of Octopus furvus A. A. Gould, 1852) Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston.</em> 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10991152
page(s): 475, pi. 47 figs 589a-d [details]
original description (of Octopus chromatus Heilprin, 1888) Heilprin, A. (1888). Contributions to the Natural History of the Bermuda Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 40: 302-328., available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4061282.pdf
page(s): 324 [details]
new combination reference Sánchez-López, L.I., Villegas-Sánchez, C.A., Jarquín-González, J., Rosas-Luis, R. & Leite, T. S. (2025). Identification of octopus species and genetic structure of <i>Octopus insularis</i> in the western Atlantic. <em>Aquatic Ecology.</em> 59: 577–595., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-025-10181-2 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) (from synonym Callistoctopus furvus (A. A. Gould, 1852))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Octopus bermudensis Hoyle, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Octopus furvus A. A. Gould, 1852)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Octopus chromatus Heilprin, 1888)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Callistoctopus furvus) (from synonym Callistoctopus furvus (A. A. Gould, 1852))
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Octopus furvus A. A. Gould, 1852)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Callistoctopus furvus (A. A. Gould, 1852))
To PESI (from synonym Octopus bermudensis Hoyle, 1885)
To PESI (from synonym Callistoctopus furvus (A. A. Gould, 1852))
To PESI (from synonym Octopus chromatus Heilprin, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Octopus bermudensis Hoyle, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Octopus furvus A. A. Gould, 1852)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Octopus chromatus Heilprin, 1888)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Callistoctopus furvus) (from synonym Callistoctopus furvus (A. A. Gould, 1852))
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Octopus furvus A. A. Gould, 1852)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Callistoctopus furvus (A. A. Gould, 1852))
To PESI (from synonym Octopus bermudensis Hoyle, 1885)
To PESI (from synonym Callistoctopus furvus (A. A. Gould, 1852))
To PESI (from synonym Octopus chromatus Heilprin, 1888)
