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Octopus Cuvier, 1797
Taxonomic Serial No.: 82595

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Macrotritopus Grimpe, 1922
		Amphioctopus Fischer, 1882
		Tritaxeopus Owen, 1881
		Pseudoctopus Grimpe, 1925
		Pinnoctopus D'Orbigny, 1845 in 1845-1847
		Paroctopus Naef, 1923
		Macrochlaena Robson, 1929
		Joubinia Robson, 1929
		Callistoctopus Taki, 1964
		Octopus (Macroctopus) Robson, 1928
	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	1999

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Protostomia
	Superphylum	Spiralia
	Phylum	Mollusca – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks
	Class	Cephalopoda Cuvier, 1797 – octopuses, squids, calmars, encornets, pieuvres, poulpes, n�utilo, polvo, cefalopode, lula
	Subclass	Coleoidea Bather, 1888
	Superorder	Octobrachia Fioroni, 1981
	Order	Octopoda Leach, 1818
	Suborder	Incirrina Grimpe, 1916
	Family	Octopodidae D'Orbigny, 1839-1842 in F�russac and D'Orbigny, 1834-1848
	Subfamily	Octopodinae Grimpe, 1921
	Genus	Octopus Cuvier, 1797
		Direct Children:
	Species	Octopus abaculus Norman and Sweeney, 1997
	Species	Octopus aculeatus D'Orbigny, 1834 in F�russac and D'Orbigny, 1834-1848
	Species	Octopus adamsi Benham, 1944
	Species	Octopus aegina Gray, 1849
	Species	Octopus alatus (Sasaki, 1920)
	Species	Octopus alecto Berry, 1953
	Species	Octopus alpheus Norman, 1993
	Species	Octopus araneoides (Taki, 1964)
	Species	Octopus arborescens (Hoyle, 1904)
	Species	Octopus areolatus De Haan, 1839-1841 in F�russac and D'Orbigny, 1834-1848
	Species	Octopus aspilosomatis Norman, 1993
	Species	Octopus australis Hoyle, 1885
	Species	Octopus balboai Voss, 1971
	Species	Octopus berrima Stranks and Norman, 1993
	Species	Octopus bimaculatus Verrill, 1883 – california two-spot octopus
	Species	Octopus bimaculoides Pickford and McConnaughey, 1949 – California two-spot octopus
	Species	Octopus bocki Adam, 1941
	Species	Octopus briareus Robson, 1929 – Caribbean reef octopus
	Species	Octopus brocki Ortmann, 1888
	Species	Octopus bunurong Stranks, 1990
	Species	Octopus burryi Voss, 1950 – brownstripe octopus, Caribbean armstripe octopus
	Species	Octopus californicus (Berry, 1911) – orange bigeye octopus, North Pacific bigeye octopus
	Species	Octopus campbelli (Smith, 1902)
	Species	Octopus carolinensis Verrill, 1884
	Species	Octopus chierchiae Jatta, 1889
	Species	Octopus conispadiceus (Sasaki, 1917)
	Species	Octopus cordiformis Quoy and Gaimard, 1832
	Species	Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849
	Species	Octopus defilippi Verany, 1851 – longarm octopus, Atlantic longarm octopus
	Species	Octopus dierythraeus Norman, 1993
	Species	Octopus digueti Perrier and Rochebrune, 1894 – pacific pygmy octopus
	Species	Octopus exannulatus Norman, 1993
	Species	Octopus fangsiao D'Orbigny, 1839-1841 in F�russac and D'Orbigny, 1834-1848
	Species	Octopus favonius Gray, 1849
	Species	Octopus filamentosus Blainville, 1826
	Species	Octopus filosus Howell, 1867
	Species	Octopus fitchi Berry, 1953 – lilliput octopus
	Species	Octopus fujitai (Sasaki, 1929)
	Species	Octopus gardineri (Hoyle, 1905)
	Species	Octopus globosus Appell�f, 1886
	Species	Octopus graptus Norman, 1993
	Species	Octopus guangdongenis Dong, 1976
	Species	Octopus hardwickei Gray, 1849
	Species	Octopus hattai (Sasaki, 1929)
	Species	Octopus hongkongensis Hoyle, 1885
	Species	Octopus horridus D'Orbigny, 1826
	Species	Octopus hubbsorum Berry, 1953
	Species	Octopus joubini Robson, 1929 – Atlantic pygmy octopus
	Species	Octopus kagoshimensis Ortmann, 1888
	Species	Octopus kaurna Stranks, 1990
	Species	Octopus kermadecensis (Berry, 1914)
	Species	Octopus lechenaultii D'Orbigny, 1826 in F�russac and D'Orbigny, 1834-1848
	Species	Octopus lobensis Castellanos and Menni, 1969
	Species	Octopus longispadiceus (Sasaki, 1917)
	Species	Octopus luteus (Sasaki, 1929)
	Species	Octopus macropus Risso, 1826 – Atlantic white-spotted octopus
	Species	Octopus magnificus Villanueva et al., 1992
	Species	Octopus maorum Hutton, 1880
	Species	Octopus marginatus Taki, 1964
	Species	Octopus maya Voss and Solis Ramirez, 1966
	Species	Octopus membranaceus Quoy and Gaimard, 1832
	Species	Octopus mercatoris Adam, 1937
	Species	Octopus microphthalmus Goodrich, 1896
	Species	Octopus micropyrsus Berry, 1953
	Species	Octopus mimus Gould, 1852
	Species	Octopus minor (Sasaki, 1920)
	Species	Octopus mototi Norman, 1993
	Species	Octopus mutilans Taki, 1942
	Species	Octopus nanhaiensis Dong, 1976
	Species	Octopus nanus Adam, 1973
	Species	Octopus niveus Lesson, 1830 in 1830-1831
	Species	Octopus nocturnus Norman and Sweeney, 1997
	Species	Octopus occidentalis Steenstrup in Hoyle, 1886
	Species	Octopus ochotensis (Sasaki, 1920)
	Species	Octopus oculifer (Hoyle, 1904)
	Species	Octopus oliveri (Berry, 1914)
	Species	Octopus ornatus Gould, 1852
	Species	Octopus oshimai (Sasaki, 1929)
	Species	Octopus ovulum (Sasaki, 1917)
	Species	Octopus pallidus Hoyle, 1885
	Species	Octopus parvus (Sasaki, 1917)
	Species	Octopus penicillifer Berry, 1954
	Species	Octopus pentherinus Rochebrune and Mabille, 1889
	Species	Octopus polyzenia Gray, 1849
	Species	Octopus prashadi Adam, 1939
	Species	Octopus pricei (Berry, 1913)
	Species	Octopus pumilus Norman and Sweeney, 1997
	Species	Octopus rapanui Voss, 1979
	Species	Octopus robsoni Adam, 1941
	Species	Octopus roosevelti Stuart, 1941
	Species	Octopus rubescens Berry, 1953 – East Pacific red octopus
	Species	Octopus salutii Verany, 1839
	Species	Octopus sanctaehelenae Robson, 1929
	Species	Octopus sasakii Taki, 1942
	Species	Octopus selene Voss, 1971
	Species	Octopus spinosus (Sasaki, 1920)
	Species	Octopus striolatus Dong, 1976
	Species	Octopus superciliosus Quoy and Gaimard, 1832
	Species	Octopus taprobanensis Robson, 1926
	Species	Octopus tehuelchus D'Orbigny, 1834 in 1834-1847
	Species	Octopus tenebricus Smith, 1884
	Species	Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852
	Species	Octopus tonganus Hoyle, 1885
	Species	Octopus tsugarensis (Sasaki, 1920)
	Species	Octopus validus (Sasaki, 1920)
	Species	Octopus varunae Oommen, 1971
	Species	Octopus veligero Berry, 1953
	Species	Octopus verrucosus Hoyle, 1885
	Species	Octopus vitiensis Hoyle, 1885
	Species	Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797 – common octopus
	Species	Octopus warringa Stranks, 1990
	Species	Octopus winckworthi Robson, 1926
	Species	Octopus wolfi (W�lker, 1913)
	Species	Octopus yendoi (Sasaki, 1920)
	Species	Octopus zonatus Voss, 1968

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Michael J. Sweeney
	Notes:	Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, 10th and Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20560
	Reference for:	Octopus

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Octopus

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Cuvier, G.
	Publication Date:	1797
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Tableau elementaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux
	Page(s):	710
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:	Paris, France
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:
	Reference for:	original description

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Sweeney, M. J. and C. F. E. Roper / N. A. Voss, M. Vecchione, R. B. Toll and M. J. Sweeney, eds.
	Publication Date:	1998
	Article/Chapter Title:	Classification, type localities and type repositories of recent Cephalopoda
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II)
	Page(s):	561-599
	Publisher:	Smithsonian Institution Press
	Publication Place:	Washington, D. C., USA
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Octopus

Geographic Information


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Comments


	Comment:	Taxon Validity: [see ICZN (1954:291)]. Type species: Sepia octopus Gmelin, 1791 [suppressed senior objective synonym of Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797; see Opinion 1861, ICZN (1997:59)]

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