Genus of cephalopods
Octopus genus of octopuses , comprising more than 100 species. These species are widespread throughout the world's oceans. Many species formerly placed in the genus Octopus are now assigned to other genera within the family Octopodidae .[1] [2]
Species [ ]
(Sasaki, 1920) (taxon inquirendum)Berry, 1953 Iw. Taki, 1964 (taxon inquirendum)Hoyle, 1904 (taxon inquirendum)Krauss, 1848 Hoyle, 1885 – hammer octopusVoss, 1971 Gray, 1849 Stanks & Norman, 1992 – southern keeled octopusOctopus bimaculatus Verrill, 1883 – California two-spot octopus or Verrill's two-spot octopusOctopus bimaculoides Pickford & McConnaughey, 1949 – California two-spot octopusAdam, 1941 – Bock's pygmy octopusOctopus briareus Robson, 1929 – Caribbean reef octopusNorman, 2001 Berry, 1911 – North Pacific bigeye octopusSmith, 1902 Octopus chierchiae Jatta, 1889 – lesser Pacific striped octopusSasaki, 1917 – chestnut octopusOctopus cyanea Gray, 1849 – big blue octopus or Cyane's octopus,Kaneko & Kubodera, 2008 [3] Gray, 1849 Blainville, 1826 (taxon inquirendum)Howell, 1867 Berry, 1953 – Fitch's pygmy octopusSasaki, 1929 (taxon inquirendum)Hoyle, 1905 Appellöf, 1886 (taxon inquirendum) – globe octopusHuffard, 2007 [4] Norman, 2001 Sasaki, 1929 Eydoux & Souleyet, 1852 Hoyle, 1885 (taxon inquirendum)Berry, 1953 – Hubb's octopusHuffard, 2007 [4] Adam, 1936 – bumblebee two-spot octopus or Caribbean two-spot octopus[5] Benham, 1943 Kaneko & Kubodera, 2007 Octopus insularis Leite & Haimovici, 2008 [6] Pratt, Baldwin & Vecchione, 2020 [7] Octopus joubini Robson, 1929 - Atlantic pygmy octopus or small-egg Caribbean pygmy octopusO'Shea, 1999 Octopus kaurna Stranks, 1990 – southern sand octopusOctopus kermedecensis Berry , 1914Kaneko & Kubodera, 2005 (Sasaki, 1917) (taxon inquirendum)Huffard, 2007 [4] Octopus maya Voss & Solís, 1966 – Mexican four-eyed octopusOctopus mercatoris Adam, 1937 O'Shea, 1999 Goodrich, 1896 Berry, 1953 – California Lilliput octopusNorman, 2001 Octopus mimus Gould, 1852 Octopus minor (Sasaki, 1920) (taxon inquirendum)
O. m. minor (Sasaki, 1920) · accepted, alternate representationDong, 1976 (taxon inquirendum)Adam, 1973 Lesson, 1831 (taxon inquirendum)Steenstrup in Hoyle, 1885 (Sasaki, 1920) (taxon inquirendum)Octopus oculifer Hoyle, 1904 – Galapagos reef octopusOctopus oliveri (Berry, 1914) (Sasaki, 1929) (taxon inquirendum)Octopus pallidus Hoyle, 1885 – pale octopusSasaki, 1917 – Japanese pygmy octopusBerry, 1954 Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889 ('nomen dubium) Adam, 1939 (taxon inquirendum)Octopus pricei Berry, 1913 (taxon inquirendum)Norman & Sweeney, 1997 Norman, Hochberg & C. C. Lu, 1997 Octopus rubescens Berry, 1953 – East Pacific red octopusOctopus salutii Vérany, 1836 – spider octopusRobson, 1929 Octopus sasakii Taki, 1942 (taxon inquirendum)Voss, 1971 – moon octopusVoss, 1971 Sasaki, 1920 (taxon inquirendum)Octopus tehuelchus d'Orbigny, 1834 – Tehuelche or Patagonian octopusSmith, 1884 Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852 – gloomy octopus or common Sydney octopusSasaki, 1920 (taxon inquirendum)Sasaki, 1920 (taxon inquirendum)Berry, 1953 – veiled octopusHoyle, 1885 Hoyle, 1885 – bighead octopusOctopus vulgaris Cuvier , 1797Stranks, 1990 – club pygmy octopusOctopus wolfi (Wülker, 1913) – star-sucker pygmy octopus(Sasaki, 1920) (taxon inquirendum)Voss, 1968 – Atlantic banded octopus
The species listed above with an asterisk (*) are questionable and need further study to determine if they are valid species or synonyms .[8]
Species brought into synonymy
show List of synonyms in the genus Octopus
Octopus abaculus Norman & Sweeney, 1997: synonym of Octopus aculeatus d'Orbigny, 1834: synonym of Abdopus aculeatus Octopus adamsi]' Benham, 1944 : synonym of Benham, 1943 Octopus aegina Gray, 1849: synonym of Octopus albus Rafinesque, 1814: synonym of Octopus vulgaris Octopus alderii Vérany, 1851: synonym of Callistoctopus macropus Octopus alpheus , Capricorn night octopus: synonym of Octopus alpheus Norman, 1993: synonym of Octopus americanus Froriep, 1806: synonym of Octopus vulgaris Octopus apollyon (S. S. Berry, 1912): synonym of Enteroctopus dofleini Octopus arcticus Prosch, 1849: synonym of Bathypolypus arcticus Octopus areolatus de Haan, 1839: synonym of Amphioctopus fangsiao Octopus aspilosomatis Norman, 1993, plain-body night octopus: synonym of Octopus bairdii Verrill, 1873: synonym of Octopus bakerii d'Orbigny, 1826: synonym of Octopus americanus Montfort, 1802: synonym of Octopus vulgaris Octopus bermudensis Hoyle, 1885: synonym of Octopus bitentaculatus Risso, 1854: synonym of Octopus vulgaris Octopus brevitentaculatus Blainville, 1826: synonym of Octopus vulgaris Octopus brocki Ortmann, 1888: synonym of Amphioctopus fangsiao Octopus bunurong Stranks, 1990: synonym of Callistoctopus bunurong Octopus burryi Voss, 1950: synonym of Octopus carolinensis Verrill, 1884: synonym of Octopus cassiopea Gray, 1849: synonym of Octopus vulgaris Octopus cassiopeia Gray, 1849 (incorrect subsequent spelling of specific epithet): synonym of Octopus vulgaris Octopus catenulatus Philippi, 1844: synonym of Ocythoe tuberculata Octopus chromatus Heilprin, 1888: synonym of Octopus cirrhosus Lamarck, 1798: synonym of Eledone cirrhosa Octopus cocco Risso, 1854: synonym of Octopus cocco Vérany, 1846: synonym of Octopus coerulescentes Fra Piero, 1895: synonym of Octopus vulgaris Octopus communis Park, 1885: synonym of Macroctopus maorum Octopus cuvieri d'Orbigny, 1826: synonym of Octopus dana Robson, 1929: synonym of Macrotritopus defilippi Octopus defilippi Vérany, 1851: synonym of Macrotritopus defilippi Octopus didynamus Rafinesque, 1814: synonym of Callistoctopus macropus Octopus dierythraeus Norman, 1992: synonym of Octopus digueti Perrier & Rochebrune, 1894: synonym of Octopus dofleini (Wülker, 1910): synonym of Enteroctopus dofleini Octopus dollfusi Robson, 1928: synonym of Octopus duplex Hoyle, 1885: synonym of Octopus equivocus Robson, 1929: synonym of Macrotritopus defilippi Octopus ergasticus P. Fischer & H. Fischer, 1892: synonym of Octopus eudora Gray, 1849: synonym of Octopus americanus Montfort, 1802: synonym of Octopus vulgaris Octopus exannulatus Norman, 1992: synonym of Octopus fangsiao d'Orbigny, 1839: synonym of Amphioctopus fangsiao Octopus fasciatus Hoyle, 1886: synonym of Hapalochlaena fasciata Octopus fimbriatus d'Orbigny, 1841: synonym of Abdopus horridus Octopus flindersi Cotton, 1932: synonym of Macroctopus maorum Octopus fontanianus d'Orbigny, 1834: synonym of Octopus frayedus Rafinesque, 1814: synonym of Callistoctopus macropus Octopus furvus Gould, 1852: synonym of Octopus geryonea Gray, 1849: synonym of Octopus americanus Montfort, 1802: synonym of Octopus vulgaris Octopus gibbsi O'Shea, 1999: synonym of Octopus tetricus Octopus gilbertianus Berry, 1912: synonym of Enteroctopus dofleini (Wülker, 1910)Octopus glaber Wülker, 1920: synonym of Octopus cyanea Octopus gracilis Verrill, 1884: synonym of Octopus gracilis Eydoux & Souleyet, 1852: synonym of Octopus granosus Blainville, 1826: synonym of Callistoctopus macropus Octopus granulatus Lamarck, 1799: synonym of Octopus graptus Norman, 1992: synonym of Octopus groenlandicus Steenstrup, 1856: synonym of Bathypolypus arcticus Octopus guangdongensis Dong, 1976: synonym of Octopus hardwickei Gray, 1849: synonym of Octopus harmandi Rochebrune, 1882: synonym of Abdopus aculeatus Octopus herdmani Hoyle, 1904: synonym of Octopus cyanea Octopus heteropus Rafinesque, 1814: synonym of Octopus vulgaris Octopus horridus d'Orbigny, 1826: synonym of Abdopus horridus Octopus horsti Joubin, 1898: synonym of Octopus cyanea Octopus hoylei (S. S. Berry, 1909): synonym of Octopus indicus Rapp, 1835: synonym of Octopus januarii Hoyle, 1885: synonym of Octopus kagoshimensis Ortmann, 1888: synonym of Octopus kempi Robson, 1929: synonym of Macrotritopus defilippi Octopus kermadecensis (Berry, 1914): synonym of Callistoctopus kermadecensis Octopus koellikeri Vérany, 1851: synonym of Tremoctopus violaceus Octopus lechenaultii d'Orbigny, 1826: synonym of Octopus leioderma (Berry, 1911): synonym of Octopus lentus Verrill, 1880: synonym of Octopus leschenaultii d'Orbigny, 1826: synonym of Callistoctopus macropus Octopus leucoderma San Giovanni, 1829: synonym of Octopus lobensis Castellanos & Menni, 1969: synonym of Octopus tehuelchus Octopus lothei Chun, 1913: synonym of Octopus lunulatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832: synonym of Hapalochlaena lunulata Octopus luteus (Sasaki, 1929): synonym of Octopus macropodus Sangiovanni, 1829: synonym of Callistoctopus macropus Octopus macropus Risso, 1826: synonym of Callistoctopus macropus Octopus maculatus Rafinesque, 1814: synonym of Octopus vulgaris Octopus maculosus Hoyle, 1883: synonym of Hapalochlaena maculosa Octopus magnificus Villanueva, Sanchez & Compagno, 1992: synonym of Enteroctopus magnificus Octopus maorum Hutton, 1880: synonym of Macroctopus maorum Octopus marginatus Taki, 1964: synonym of Amphioctopus marginatus Octopus marmoratus Hoyle, 1885: synonym of Octopus cyanea Octopus membranaceus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832: synonym of Octopus microstomus Reynaud, 1830: synonym of Tremoctopus violaceus Octopus moschatus Rafinesque, 1814: synonym of Octopus vulgaris Octopus moschatus Lamarck, 1798: synonym of Eledone moschata Octopus mototi Norman, 1992: synonym of Octopus neglectus Nateewathana & Norman, 1999: synonym of Octopus nierstraszi W. Adam, 1938: synonym of Hapalochlaena nierstraszi Octopus nierstrazi [sic]: synonym of Octopus nierstrasz i W. Adam, 1938: synonym of Hapalochlaena nierstraszi Octopus niger Risso, 1854: synonym of Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797Octopus niger Rafinesque, 1814: synonym of Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797Octopus nocturnus Norman & Sweeney, 1997: synonym of Octopus obesus Verrill, 1880: synonym of Octopus ocellatus Gray, 1849: synonym of Amphioctopus fangsiao Octopus octopodia Tryon, 1879: synonym of Octopus vulgaris Octopus ornatus Gould, 1852: synonym of Callistoctopus ornatus Octopus ovulum Sasaki, 191: synonym of Octopus rapanui Voss, 1979: synonym of Octopus patagonicus Lönnberg, 1898: synonym of Enteroctopus megalocyathus Octopus pictus Brock, 1882: synonym of Hapalochlaena fasciata Octopus pictus Verrill, 1883: synonym of Octopus pilosus Risso, 1826: synonym of Octopus vulgaris Octopus piscatorum Verrill, 1879: synonym of Octopus polyzenia Gray, 1849: synonym of Octopus punctatus Gabb, 1862: synonym of Enteroctopus dofleini Octopus pustulosus Sasaki, 1920: synonym of Octopus madokai Octopus rabassin Risso, 1854: synonym of Octopus vulgaris Octopus reticularis Petangna, 1828: synonym of Ocythoe tuberculata Octopus rex Nateewathana & Norman, 1999: synonym of Octopus robsoni Adam, 1941: synonym of Octopus robustus Brock, 1887: synonym of Hapalochlaena fasciata Octopus roosevelti]' Stuart, 1941: synonym of Octopus oculifer Hoyle, 1904 Octopus ruber Rafinesque, 1814: synonym of Octopus vulgaris Octopus rufus Risso, 1854: synonym of Octopus salebrosus Sasaki, 1920: synonym of Sasakiopus salebrosus Octopus saluzzii Naef, 1923: synonym of Octopus salutii Octopus saluzzii Vérany, 1840: synonym of Octopus salutii Octopus scorpio (Berry, 1920): synonym of Macrotritopus defilippi Octopus semipalmatus Owen, 1836: synonym of Tremoctopus violaceus Octopus siamensis Nateewathana & Norman, 1999: synonym of Octopus smedleyi Robson, 1932: synonym of Octopus sponsalis Fischer & Fischer, 1892: synonym of Bathypolypus sponsalis Octopus striolatus Dong, 1976: synonym of Amphioctopus marginatus Octopus taprobanensis Robson, 1926: synonym of Octopus tenuicirrus Sasaki, 1929: synonym of Octopus tetracirrhus Delle Chiaje, 1830: synonym of Octopus tetradynamus Rafinesque, 1814: synonym of Octopus vulgaris Octopus titanotus Troschel, 1857: synonym of Octopus tonganus Hoyle, 1885: synonym of Octopus tritentaculatus Risso, 1854: synonym of Octopus vulgaris Octopus troscheli Targioni-Tozzetti, 1869: synonym of Octopus vulgaris Octopus troschelii Targioni-Tozzetti, 1869: synonym of Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797Octopus tuberculatus Risso, 1854: synonym of Ocythoe tuberculata Octopus tuberculatus Targioni-Tozzetti, 1869: synonym of Octopus vulgaris Octopus tuberculatus de Blainville, 1826: synonym of Octopus vulgaris Octopus unicirrhus Delle Chiaje [in de Férussac & d'Orbigny], 1841: synonym of Octopus varunae Oommen, 1971: synonym of Octopus velatus Rang, 1837: synonym of Tremoctopus violaceus Octopus velifer de Férussac, 1835: synonym of Tremoctopus violaceus Octopus veranyi Wagner, 1829: synonym of Ocythoe tuberculata Octopus vincenti Pickford, 1955: synonym of Octopus violaceus Risso, 1854: synonym of Ocythoe tuberculata Octopus westerniensis d'Orbigny, 1834: synonym of Octopus winckworthi Robson, 1926: synonym of Macrochlaena winckworthi References [ ]
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^ Octopus hummelincki Adam, 1936 (Mollusca, Cephalopoda): specific name conservedArchived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine ^ Leite, T. S.; Haimovici, M.; Molina, W.; Warnke, K. (2007). "Morphological and genetic description of Octopus insularis , a new cryptic species in the Octopus vulgaris complex (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from the tropical southwestern Atlantic" (PDF) . Journal of Molluscan Studies . 74 (1): 63–74. doi :10.1093/mollus/eym050 ^ Pratt, Abigail; Baldwin, Carole; Vecchione, Michael (2020-04-01). "Octopods of deep reefs off Curaçao, southern Caribbean including description of one newly discovered species" . Bulletin of Marine Science . 96 (2): 297–308. doi :10.5343/bms.2019.0040 . ^ Sweeney, M.J. (2001). "Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda" (PDF) .
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