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Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Cuvier, G. L. (1798). Tableau élementaire de l’Histoire Naturelle des Animaux. Paris, Baudouin. xvi + 710 pp. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=39456
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Mollusca
class
Cephalopoda
order
Octopoda
family
Octopodidae
genus
Octopus
species
Octopus vulgaris

Name

Synonyms
Octopus albus Rafinesque, 1814
Octopus americanus Montfort, 1802
Octopus bitentaculatus Risso, 1854
Octopus brevitentaculatus Blainville, 1826
Octopus cassiopea Gray, 1849
Octopus cassiopeia Gray, 1849
Octopus coerulescentes Arbanasich, 1895-01
Octopus coerulescentes Fra Piero, 1895
Octopus heteropus Rafinesque, 1814
Octopus maculatus Rafinesque, 1814
Octopus moschatus Rafinesque, 1814
Octopus niger Rafinesque, 1814
Octopus niger Risso, 1854
Octopus octopodia Tryon, 1879
Octopus pilosus Risso, 1826
Octopus rabassin Risso, 1854
Octopus ruber Rafinesque, 1814
Octopus rugosus (Bosc, 1792)
Octopus tetradynamus Rafinesque, 1814
Octopus tritentaculatus Risso, 1854
Homonyms
Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797
Octopus vulgaris Lamarck, 1798
Common names
Almindelig ottearmet blæksprutte in Danish
Gemeiner Krake in German
Gemeiner Octopus in German
Krake in German
Polyp in German
achtarm in Dutch
almindelig ottearmet blæksprutte in language.
attaarmade bläckfiskar in Swedish
azeiz in language.
chobotnice pobřežní in Czech
common Atlantic octopus in English
common European octopus in English
common octopus in language.
common octopus in English
common octopus in English
gemeiner Krake in German
gewone achtarm in Dutch
gewone octopus in Dutch
gewoone octopus in Dutch
gewöhnlicher Krake in German
kraak in Dutch
likurishtja in Albanian
ma-dako tako in Japanese
meritursas in Finnish
obiknovenniy osminog in Russian
obiknovenniy shprot in Russian
oktapodi i zakonshëm in Albanian
ośmiornica zwyczajna in Polish
pieuvre in French
pieuvre commune in French
polpo comune in Italian
polpo di scoglio in Italian
polvo in Galician
polvo comum in Portuguese
polvo-vulgar in Portuguese
pop roquer in Catalan–Valencian
pop roquer in Catalan–Valencian
pop ver in Catalan–Valencian
poulpe in French
poulpe commun in French
poulpe de roche in French
pulpo in Spanish
pulpo común in Spanish
pulpo de roca in Spanish
rock scuttle in English
scuttle in English
tetëkëmbëshi in Albanian
Χταπόδι in Greek, Modern (1453-)
マダコ in Japanese
Common Octopus in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Cuvier G.L. (1798). Tableau élementaire de l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux. Paris, Baudouin. xvi + 710 pp.
  2. Cuvier, G., 1797: null. Tableau elementaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux. 710.
  3. Gao, Y.- M. ; Natsukari, Y. (1990). Karyological Studies on Seven Cephalopods. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 49(2):126-145.
  4. Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. <i>Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin</i> 66:127–154.
  5. 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.
  6. Roper, C.F.E., M.J. Sweeney & C.E. Nauen (1984). FAO Species catalogue. Vol 3. Cephalopods of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries. FAO Fish. Synop. (125), Vol 3: 277 p.
  7. Rozbaczylo & Castilla 1987
  8. Sweeney, M. J. and C. F. E. Roper / N. A. Voss, M. Vecchione, R. B. Toll and M. J. Sweeney, eds., 1998: Classification, type localities and type repositories of recent Cephalopoda. Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II). 561-599.
  9. Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al., 1988: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16. vii + 277.
  10. WoRMS Editorial Board (2018-10-16 14:31:00) WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species
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