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Octopus Cuvier 1797

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Recognized by OBIS environmental data records

Genus recognized by GBIF classification

Genus recognized by GBIF national node type records UK

Alternative Names

Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797)

Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as accepted taxon within Paroctopus Naef, 1923)

Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Pinnoctopus d'Orbigny, 1845)

Harvest ancestor according to GBIF national node type records UK

Common Names

There are no common names associated with this taxon.

Animalia

Mollusca

Cephalopoda

Octopoda

Octopodidae

Octopus Cuvier 1797 (this page)

Octopus alatus (Sasaki 1920)

Octopus alecto Berry 1953

Octopus aranea d'Orbigny 1834

Octopus araneoides Taki 1964

Octopus arborescens Hoyle 1904

Octopus argus Krauss 1848

Octopus australis Hoyle 1885

Octopus balboai Voss 1971

Octopus berenice Gray 1849

Octopus berrima Stranks & Norman 1992

Octopus bimaculatus Verrill 1883

Octopus bimaculoides Pickford & Mc Connaughey 1949

Octopus bocki Adam 1941

Octopus brachiotomus

Octopus briareus Robson 1929

Octopus bulbus Norman 2001

Octopus californicus (Berry 1911)

Octopus campbelli (E. A. Smith 1902)

Octopus cephea Gray 1849

Octopus chierchiae Jatta 1889

Octopus chuni Grimpe 1922

Octopus ciliatus Rang 1837

Octopus conispadiceus (Sasaki 1917)

Octopus cortezi Robson

Octopus cyanea Gray 1849

Octopus diminutus Kaneko & Kubodera 2008

Octopus exannolatus Norman

Octopus favonius Gray 1849

Octopus filamentosus Blainville 1826

Octopus fitchi Berry 1953

Octopus fujitai Sasaki 1929

Octopus gardineri (Hoyle 1905)

Octopus globosus Appellöf 1886

Octopus gorgonus Huffard 2007

Octopus guangdongenis Dong (1976)

Octopus harpedon Norman 2001

Octopus hattai (Sasaki 1929)

Octopus hawaiiensis Eydoux & Souleyet 1852

Octopus hoeki Joubin 1898

Octopus hongkongensis (Hoyle 1885)

Octopus hubbsorum Berry 1953

Octopus humilis Huffard 2007

Octopus hummelincki Adam 1936

Octopus huttoni (Benham 1943)

Octopus hyalinus Rang 1837

Octopus incella Kaneko & Kubodera 2007

Octopus inconspicuus Brock 1887

Octopus insignis

Octopus insularis Leite & Haimovici

Octopus jollyorum Reid & Wilson 2015

Octopus joubini Robson 1929

Octopus kaharoa O'Shea 1999

Octopus kapalae Mitchell & Reid 2017

Octopus kaurna Stranks 1990

Octopus laqueus Kaneko & Kubodera 2005

Octopus longispadiceus (Sasaki 1917)

Octopus madokai Berry 1921

Octopus mariles Huffard 2007

Octopus maya Voss & Solís 1966

Octopus medoria Gray 1849

Octopus mernoo O'Shea 1999

Octopus microphthalmus Goodrich 1896

Octopus micropyrsus Berry 1953

Octopus micros Norman 2001

Octopus mimus Gould 1852

Octopus minor (Sasaki 1920)

Octopus monterosatoi Fra Piero 1895

Octopus moschites Carus 1824

Octopus mutilans Taki 1942

Octopus nanhaiensis Dong 1976

Octopus nanus Adam 1973

Octopus niveus Lesson 1831

Octopus occidentalis Steenstrup 1886

Octopus ochotensis (Sasaki 1920)

Octopus oculifer (Hoyle 1904)

Octopus oliveri (Berry 1914)

Octopus oshimai (Sasaki 1929)

Octopus pallidus Hoyle 1885

Octopus parvus (Sasaki 1917)

Octopus penicillifer Berry 1954

Octopus peronii Lesueur 1821

Octopus prashadi Adam 1939

Octopus pricei Berry 1913

Octopus profundicola Massy 1907

Octopus pumilus Norman & Sweeney 1997

Octopus pyrum Norman, Hochberg & Lu 1997

Octopus rubescens Berry 1953

Octopus salutii Vérany 1836

Octopus sanctaehelenae Robson 1929

Octopus saphenia Gray 1849

Octopus sasakii Taki 1942

Octopus selene Voss 1971

Octopus sinensis d'Orbigny 1834

Octopus spinosus Sasaki 1920

Octopus stictochrus Voss 1971

Octopus superciliosus Quoy & Gaimard 1832

Octopus taganga Guerrero-Kommritz & Camelo-Guarin 2016

Octopus tayrona Guerrero-Kommritz & Camelo-Guarin 2016

Octopus tehuelchus d'Orbigny

Octopus tenuipulvinus Sasaki 1920

Octopus tetricus Gould 1852

Octopus tsugarensis Sasaki 1920

Octopus validus Sasaki 1920

Octopus variabilis (Sasaki 1929)

Octopus veligero Berry 1953

Octopus ventricosus Grant 1827

Octopus venustus Rang 1837

Octopus verrucosus Hoyle 1885

Octopus vitiensis Hoyle 1885

Octopus vulgare Cuvier 1797

Octopus vulgaris Cuvier 1797

Octopus warringa Stranks 1990

Octopus winckworth

Octopus wolfi (Wülker 1913)

Octopus yendoi (Sasaki 1920)

Octopus zonatus Voss 1968

Abdopus Norman & Finn 2001

Ameloctopus Norman 1992

Amphioctopus Fischer 1882

Callistoctopus Taki 1964

Cistopus Gray 1849

Danoctopus Joubin 1933

Euaxoctopus Voss 1971

Galeoctopus Norman, Boucher & Hochberg 2004

Grimpella Robson 1928

Hapalochlaena Robson 1929

Histoctopus Norman, Boucher-Rodoni & Hochberg 2009

Lepidoctopus Haimovici & Sales 2019

Macrochlaena Robson 1929

Macroctopus Robson 1928

Macrotritopus Grimpe 1922

Paroctopus Naef 1923

Polypus Leach 1817

Pteroctopus P. Fischer 1882

Robsonella Adam 1938

Scaerugus

Scaeurgus Troschel 1857

Styletoctopus Fuchs, Bracchi & Weis 2009

Teretoctopus Robson 1929

Thaumoctopus Norman & Hochberg 2005

Wunderpus Hochberg, Norman & Finn 2006

Octopus Cuvier 1797

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