WoRMS name details
Callistoctopus furvus (A. A. Gould, 1852)
534740 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534740)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Octopus bermudensis Hoyle, 1885 · unaccepted (synonym)
Octopus chromatus Heilprin, 1888 · unaccepted (synonym)
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]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Callistoctopus furvus (A. A. Gould, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534740 on 2026-06-08
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Nomenclature
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]
page(s): 475, pi. 47 figs 589a-d [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Jesus, M. D.; Sales, J. B. D. L.; Martins, R. S.; Ready, J. S.; Costa, T. A. S.; Ablett, J. D.; Schiavetti, A. (2021). Traditional knowledge aids description when resolving the taxonomic status of unsettled species using classical and molecular taxonomy: The case of the shallow-water octopus <i>Callistoctopus furvus</i> (Gould, 1852) From the western Atlantic Ocean. <em>Frontiers in Marine Science.</em> 7: 595244., available online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.595244 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source
O'Brien, C. E.; Lekas, E.; Leite, T. S. (2025). Deception in the dark—an ethogram of <i>Callistoctopus furvus</i>. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 91(3): eyaf010: 1-18., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyaf010 [details]
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Octopus bermudensis Hoyle, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Octopus chromatus Heilprin, 1888)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Callistoctopus furvus)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Octopus bermudensis Hoyle, 1885)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Octopus chromatus Heilprin, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Octopus bermudensis Hoyle, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Octopus chromatus Heilprin, 1888)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Callistoctopus furvus)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Octopus bermudensis Hoyle, 1885)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Octopus chromatus Heilprin, 1888)
