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Octopoda

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
ORDER

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Mollusca
class
Cephalopoda
order
Octopoda

Name

Homonyms
Octopoda
Octopoda Gray, 1821
Common names
Octopus in English
Octopuses in English
octopus in English
octopuses in English
åttearmete blekkspruter in Norwegian Bokmål
Achtarmige Tintenschnecken in German
Achtarmige Tintenschnecken in German
Kraken Octopods in English
Kraken octopods in English
Kraken octopods in English
achtarmen in Dutch
achtarmen in Dutch
octopuses in English
octopuses in English
タコ目 in Japanese
タコ目 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. An outline for the classification of Phylum Mollusca in taxonomic databases [report elaborated by WoRMS editors for internal use, june 2010]
  2. An outline for the classification of Phylum Mollusca in taxonomic databases [report elaborated by WoRMS editors for internal use, june 2010]
  3. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  4. 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.
  5. WoRMS Editorial Board (2016) WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species
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