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Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Cuvier, G. (1798). Tableau élémentaire de l’histoire naturelle des animaux. Baudoin, Paris.: i–xvi, 1–710, Pl. 1–14. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=350783

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Octopus albus Rafinesque, 1814
Octopus americanus Montfort, 1802
Octopus bitentaculatus Risso, 1854
Octopus brevitentaculatus Blainville, 1826
Octopus cassiopea Gray, 1849
Octopus cassiopeia Gray, 1849
Octopus coerulescentes Arbanasich, 1895
Octopus coerulescentes Fra Piero, 1895
Octopus heteropus Rafinesque, 1814
Octopus maculatus Rafinesque, 1814
Octopus moschatus Rafinesque, 1814
Octopus niger Rafinesque, 1814
Octopus niger Risso, 1854
Octopus octopodia Tryon, 1879
Octopus pilosus Risso, 1826
Octopus rabassin Risso, 1854
Octopus ruber Rafinesque, 1814
Octopus rugosus (Bosc, 1792)
Octopus tetradynamus Rafinesque, 1814
Octopus tritentaculatus Risso, 1854
Homonyms
Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797
Octopus vulgaris Lamarck, 1798
Common names
Adi Ahtapot in Turkish
Almindelig ottearmet blæksprutte in Danish
Bạch tuộc thông thường in Vietnamese
Common Octopus in English
European Common Octopus in English
Europese achtarm in Dutch
Gemeiner Krake in German
Gemeiner Octopus in German
Gemeiner Octopus in German
Gewone Seekat in Afrikaans
Gewéinlechen Tëntefësch in Luxembourgish
Gewöhnliche Krake in German
Harilik Kaheksajalg in Estonian
Kolkrabbi in English
Krake in German
Krake in German
Közönséges polip in Hungarian
Mediterranean Octopus in English
Morgazh in Breton
Obična hobotnica in Croatian
Ochtapas coiteann in Irish
Octopus in English
Oktapodi in Albanian
Olagarro Arrunta in Basque
Paprastasis aštuonkojis in Lithuanian
Pieuvre commune, Poulpe commun, Chatrou commun in French
Pofre in Occitan (post 1500)
Polbo común in Galician
Polpo común in Aragonese
Polvo-comum in Portuguese
Polyp in German
Polyp in German
Pop in Catalan–Valencian
Pulpo de roca del Atlántico in Spanish
Pulpo roquero in Spanish
Pulpu in language.
Zeekát corá in language.
Zeekát di piédra in language.
achtarm in Dutch
achtarm in Dutch
almindelig ottearmet blæksprutte in language.
almindelig ottearmet blæksprutte in language.
attaarmade bläckfiskar in Swedish
attaarmade bläckfiskar in Swedish
azeiz in language.
azeiz in language.
chobotnice pobřežní in Czech
chobotnice pobřežní in Czech
common Atlantic octopus in English
common Atlantic octopus in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Cuvier, G. (1797). Tableau élémentaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux. [Elementary Table of the Natural History of Animals.]. <em>Baudoin, Paris.</em> :i-xvi, 1-710, pls 1-14. [Dec 1797].
  2. Cuvier, G., 1797: null. Tableau elementaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux. 710.
  3. Gao, Y.- M. ; Natsukari, Y. (1990). Karyological Studies on Seven Cephalopods. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 49(2):126-145.
  4. Leslie, R. & Lipinski, M. (2018). Phylum Mollusca - Class Cephalopoda. In: Atkinson, L.J. and Sink, K.J. (eds) Field Guide to the Offshore Marine Invertebrates of South Africa. Malachite Marketing and Media: Pretoria. Pp. 321–391.
  5. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  6. Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. <i>Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin</i> 66:127–154.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Rozbaczylo & Castilla 1987
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. WoRMS Editorial Board (2018) WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species
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