WoRMS name details
Benthoctopus sasakii G. C. Robson, 1927
527148 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:527148)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
Benthoctopus Grimpe, 1921 accepted as Bathypolypus Grimpe, 1921
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Robson, G.C. (1927). Notes on the Cephalopoda III. On the anatomy and classification of the North Atlantic species of <i>Bathypolypus,</i> and \<i>Benthoctopus</i>. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (9)20: 249-263.
page(s): 257, fig. 8 [details]
page(s): 257, fig. 8 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Benthoctopus sasakii G. C. Robson, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527148 on 2026-09-04
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Nomenclature
original description
Robson, G.C. (1927). Notes on the Cephalopoda III. On the anatomy and classification of the North Atlantic species of <i>Bathypolypus,</i> and \<i>Benthoctopus</i>. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (9)20: 249-263.
page(s): 257, fig. 8 [details]
page(s): 257, fig. 8 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Muus, B. (2002). The <em>Bathypolypus-Benthoctopus</em> problem of the North Atlantic (Octopodinae, Cephalopoda). <em>Malacologia.</em> 44(2): 175-222., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13143410
page(s): 178 [details]
source of synonymy 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]
page(s): 178 [details]
source of synonymy 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]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Gofas, S.; Luque, Á. A.; Templado, J.; Salas, C. (2017). A national checklist of marine Mollusca in Spanish waters. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 81(2) : 241-254, and supplementary online material., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04543.21a [details]
