Muusoctopus levis (Hoyle, 1885)

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Published in

Gleadall, I. G., Guerrero-kommritz, J., Hochberg, F. G., & Laptikhovsky, V. V. (2010). The inkless octopuses (Cephalopoda. Octopodidae) of the Southwest Atlantic. Zoological Science, 27, 528–553. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=145429

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Mollusca

class

Cephalopoda

order

Octopoda

family

Enteroctopodidae

genus

Muusoctopus

species

Muusoctopus levis

Name

Synonyms

Benthoctopus levis (Hoyle, 1885)

Octopus levis Hoyle, 1885

Polypus levis (Hoyle, 1885)

Homonyms

Muusoctopus levis (Hoyle, 1885)

Bibliographic References

1. Gleadall I.G., Guerrero-Kommritz J., Hochberg F.G. & Laptikhovsky V.V. (2010) The inkless octopuses (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) of the Southwest Atlantic. <i>Zoological Science</i> 27:528-553.
2. Gleadall, I.G. (2013). A molecular sequence proxy for <em>Muusoctopus januarii</em> and calibration of recent divergence among a group of mesobenthic octopuses. <em>Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology.</em> 447: 106–122.
3. Ibáñez, C.M., Pardo-Gandarillas, M.C., Peña, F., Gleadall, I.G., Poulin, E. & Sellanes, J. (2016). Phylogeny and biogeography of <em>Muusoctopus</em> (Cephalopoda: Enteroctopodidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 45: 494-503.