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Octopus bimaculatus A.E.Verrill, 1883

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Verrill, A. E. (1883). Descriptions of two species of octopus from California. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 11(6): 117–123. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=288786

Classification

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

Name

Homonyms
Octopus bimaculatus A.E.Verrill, 1883
Common names
California two-spot octopus in English
California two-spot octopus in English
Chobotnice dvouskvrnná in Czech
Polvo-da-Baja-Califórnia in Portuguese
Poulpe à deux taches in French
Pulpo abrazador in Spanish
Pulpo café de Baja California in Spanish
Pulpo de dos manchas de Baja California in Spanish
Verrill's Two-spot Octopus in English
Zweifleckkrake in German
Zweifleckkrake in German
california two-spot octopus in English
ośmiornica podwójnie cętkowana in Polish
two-spot octopus in English
two-spot octopus in English
two-spotted octopus in English
two-spotted octopus in English
Калифорнийский четырехглазый осьминог in Russian
雙斑蛸 in Chinese
California two-spot octopus in English
Zweifleckkrake in German
two-spot octopus in English
two-spotted octopus in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  2. Nesis, K. N., 1987: null. Cephalopods of the World: Squids, Cuttlefishes, Octopuses, and Allies. 351.
  3. Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. <i>Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin</i> 66:127–154.
  4. 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.
  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. and M. J. Sweeney, 1978: null. A catalog of the type-specimens of Recent Cephalopoda in the National Museum of Natural History. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 278. 1-19.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Verrill, A. E., 1883: Descriptions of two species of Octopus from California. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 11 (6). 117-123.
  10. Verrill, A.E. (1883). Descriptions of two species of octopus from California. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 11(6): 117-123.
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