WoRMS name details
Callistoctopus Iw. Taki, 1964
534103 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534103)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Callistoctopus arakawai Taki, 1964 accepted as Callistoctopus ornatus (A. A. Gould, 1852) accepted as Pinnoctopus ornatus (A. A. Gould, 1852) (type by original designation)
- Species Callistoctopus alpheus (M. Norman, 1993) accepted as Pinnoctopus alpheus (M. Norman, 1993) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Callistoctopus arakawai Taki, 1964 accepted as Callistoctopus ornatus (A. A. Gould, 1852) accepted as Pinnoctopus ornatus (A. A. Gould, 1852) (synonym)
- Species Callistoctopus aspilosomatis (M. Norman, 1993) accepted as Pinnoctopus aspilosomatis (M. Norman, 1993) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Callistoctopus bunurong (Stranks, 1990) accepted as Pinnoctopus bunurong (Stranks, 1990) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Callistoctopus dierythraeus (M. Norman, 1993) accepted as Pinnoctopus dierythraeus (M. Norman, 1993) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Callistoctopus furvus (A. A. Gould, 1852) accepted as Pinnoctopus furvus (A. A. Gould, 1852) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Callistoctopus gracilis Y. Tang, X.-D. Zheng & C.-C. Lu, 2024 accepted as Pinnoctopus gracilis (Y. Tang, X.-D. Zheng & C.-C. Lu, 2024) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Callistoctopus graptus (M. Norman, 1993) accepted as Pinnoctopus graptus (M. Norman, 1993) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Callistoctopus kermadecensis (S. S. Berry, 1914) accepted as Pinnoctopus kermadecensis (S. S. Berry, 1914)
- Species Callistoctopus lechenaultii (A. d'Orbigny, 1826) accepted as Pinnoctopus lechenaultii (A. d'Orbigny, 1826) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Callistoctopus luteus (M. Sasaki, 1929) accepted as Pinnoctopus luteus (M. Sasaki, 1929) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Callistoctopus macropus (Risso, 1826) accepted as Pinnoctopus macropus (Risso, 1826) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Callistoctopus magnocellatus Taki, 1964 accepted as Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849 (synonym)
- Species Callistoctopus nocturnus (M. Norman & Sweeney, 1997) accepted as Pinnoctopus nocturnus (M. Norman & Sweeney, 1997) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Callistoctopus ornatus (A. A. Gould, 1852) accepted as Pinnoctopus ornatus (A. A. Gould, 1852) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Callistoctopus paucilamellus Y. Tang, X.-D. Zheng & C.-C. Lu, 2024 accepted as Pinnoctopus paucilamellus (Y. Tang, X.-D. Zheng & C.-C. Lu, 2024) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Callistoctopus rapanui (G. L. Voss, 1979) accepted as Pinnoctopus rapanui (G. L. Voss, 1979) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Callistoctopus sparsus Y. Tang, X.-D. Zheng & C.-C. Lu, 2024 accepted as Pinnoctopus sparsus (Y. Tang, X.-D. Zheng & C.-C. Lu, 2024) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Callistoctopus taprobanensis (G. C. Robson, 1926) accepted as Pinnoctopus taprobanensis (G. C. Robson, 1926) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Callistoctopus tenuipes J.-H. Li, C-.X. Xu & X.-D. Zheng, 2022 accepted as Pinnoctopus tenuipes (J.-H. Li, C-.X. Xu & X.-D. Zheng, 2022) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Callistoctopus xiaohongxu X.-D. Zheng, C.-X. Xu & J.-H. Li, 2022 accepted as Pinnoctopus xiaohongxu (X.-D. Zheng, C.-X. Xu & J.-H. Li, 2022) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
Taki, Iw. (1964). On eleven new species of the Cephalopoda from Japan, including two new genera of Octopodinae. <em>Journal of the Faculty of Fisheries and Animal Husbandry, Hiroshima University.</em> 5(2): 277-343., available online at https://ir.lib.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/files/public/4/40363/20160613104509553385/JFacFishAnim_5_277.pdf
page(s): 292 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 292 [details] Available for editors
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Callistoctopus Iw. Taki, 1964. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534103 on 2026-05-06
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Nomenclature
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Taki, Iw. (1964). On eleven new species of the Cephalopoda from Japan, including two new genera of Octopodinae. <em>Journal of the Faculty of Fisheries and Animal Husbandry, Hiroshima University.</em> 5(2): 277-343., available online at https://ir.lib.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/files/public/4/40363/20160613104509553385/JFacFishAnim_5_277.pdf
page(s): 292 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record 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.
page(s): 99 [details]
page(s): 292 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record 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.
page(s): 99 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Synonymy Because the type species of Callistoctopus is currently included in the genus Pinnoctopus, we treat the former as a synonym of the latter, and transfer all the species of Callistoctopus to Pinnoctopus. [details]
