original description
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): 195-212 [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record
Check List of European Marine Mollusca (CLEMAM). , available online at http://www.somali.asso.fr/clemam/index.clemam.html [details]
additional source
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]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Iceland-Faeroe area (64°58'N, 27°44'W, 860-870 m) [details]