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Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Gray, J. E., 1849: null. Catalogue of the Mollusca in the British Museum. Part I. Cephalopoda Antepedia. 164.

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Callistoctopus magnocellatus Taki, 1964
Octopus cyanea gracilis Robson, 1929
Octopus cyanea var. gracilis G.C.Robson, 1929
Octopus glaber Rüppell, 1920
Octopus glaber Wülker, 1920
Octopus herdmani Hoyle, 1904
Octopus horsti Joubin, 1898
Octopus marmoratus Hoyle, 1885
Polypus herdmani Hoyle, 1904
Sepia barffi Curtiss, 1938
Homonyms
Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849
Common names
Cyane's octopus in English
Cyane's octopus in English
Großer Blauer Krake in German
Großer Blauer Krake in German
Lán-Xiāo in Chinese
Lán-Xiāo in Chinese
big blue octopus in English
big blue octopus in English
day octopus in English
day octopus in English
ワモンダコ in Japanese
ワモンダコ in Japanese
Cyane's octopus in English
Cyane's octopus in English
Großer Blauer Krake in German
Großer Blauer Krake in German
Lán-Xiāo in Chinese
Lán-Xiāo in Chinese
big blue octopus in English
big blue octopus in English
day octopus in English
day octopus in English
ワモンダコ in Japanese
ワモンダコ in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Galil, B. (2007). Seeing Red: Alien species along the Mediterranean coast of Israel. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 2(4): 281-312.
  2. Galil, B. (2007). Seeing Red: Alien species along the Mediterranean coast of Israel. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 2(4): 281-312.
  3. Gray, J. E. (1849). <i>Catalogue of the Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum I: Cephalopoda antepedia</i>. London: British Museum. 164 pp,.
  4. Gray, J. E. (1849). <i>Catalogue of the Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum I: Cephalopoda antepedia</i>. London: British Museum. 164 pp,.
  5. Gray, J. E., 1849: null. Catalogue of the Mollusca in the British Museum. Part I. Cephalopoda Antepedia. 164.
  6. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  7. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  8. Lu, C.C. & Chung, W.S. (2017). <em>Guide to the cephalopods of Taiwan</em>. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 560 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-2569-4.
  9. Lu, C.C. & Chung, W.S. (2017). <em>Guide to the cephalopods of Taiwan</em>. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 560 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-2569-4.
  10. Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. <i>Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin</i> 66:127–154.
  11. Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. <i>Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin</i> 66:127–154.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. Norman, M. D., 1992: Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849 (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) in Australian waters. Bulletin of Marine Science, 49 (1-2). 20-38.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. Stranks, T. N. / N. A. Voss, M. Veccione, R. B. Toll and M. J. Sweeney, eds., 1998: The systematic and nomenclatural status of the Octopodinae described from Australia (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II). 529-547.
  18. Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453.
  19. Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453.
  20. 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.
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