World Register of Deep-Sea species

Deep-Sea name details

Polypus Leach, 1817

AphiaID

534142 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534142)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (ICZN Opinion 233)

Accepted Name

Octopus Cuvier, 1798

Rank

Genus

Parent

Octopodidae A. d'Orbigny, 1840

Direct children (4)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

direct main ranks all

Species Polypus faeroensis E. S. Russell, 1909 accepted as Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Polypus hokkaidensis S. S. Berry, 1921 accepted as Muusoctopus hokkaidensis (S. S. Berry, 1921) (original combination)
Species Polypus hoylei S. S. Berry, 1909 accepted as Pteroctopus hoylei (S. S. Berry, 1909) (original combination)
Species Polypus profundicola Massy, 1907 accepted as Bathypolypus ergasticus (P. Fischer & H. Fischer, 1892)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Polypus Leach, 1817. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534142 on 2024-04-24

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Polypus Leach, 1817. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534142 on 2024-04-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-10-17 17:01:16Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2018-02-07 15:28:10Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2020-07-18 20:05:46Z

changed

Gofas, Serge