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Callistoctopus macropus (Risso, 1826)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Mollusca
class
Cephalopoda
order
Octopoda
family
Octopodidae
genus
Callistoctopus
species
Callistoctopus macropus

Name

Synonyms
Octopus alderii Vérany, 1851
Octopus didynamus Rafinesque, 1814
Octopus frayedus Rafinesque, 1814
Octopus granosus Blainville, 1826
Octopus longimanus Férussac, 1839
Octopus macropodus San Giovanni, 1829
Octopus macropus Risso, 1826
Polypus macropus (Risso, 1826)
Homonyms
Callistoctopus macropus (Risso, 1826)
Common names
Atlantic White-Spotted Octopus in English
Poulpe points blancs in French
Atlantic white-spotted octopus in English
Atlantische Weißfleckenkrake in German
Großer Krake in German
Langarmiger Krake in German
WeißfleckOktopus in German
grass octopus in English
longarmed octopus in English
poulpe tacheté in French
weißgefleckter Oktopus in German
white-spotted octopus in English
whitespotted octopus in English
witgevlekte octopus in Dutch

Bibliographic References

  1. Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. <i>Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin</i> 66:127–154.
  2. 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.
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