Enteroctopus magnificus (Villanueva, P.Sánchez & Compagno Roeleveld, 1992)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Villanueva, R., Sánchez, P., & Compagno Roeleveld, M. A. (1992). Octopus magnificus (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae), a new species of large octopod from the southeastern Atlantic. Bulletin of Marine Science, 49(1–2): 39–56 (1991). https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=230879
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Mollusca
- class
- Cephalopoda
- order
- Octopoda
- family
- Enteroctopodidae
- genus
- Enteroctopus
- species
- Enteroctopus magnificus
Name
- Synonyms
- Octopus magnificus Villanueva, P.Sánchez & Compagno Roeleveld, 1992
- Homonyms
- Enteroctopus magnificus (Villanueva, P.Sánchez & Compagno Roeleveld, 1992)
- Common names
- Cape Giant Octopus in English
- Gurita afrika selatan in Indonesian
- Polpo gigante del Sud in Italian
- Polvo-gigante-africano in Portuguese
- Pop gegant del Sud in Catalan–Valencian
- Poulpe géant méridional in French
- Pulpo gigante austral in Spanish
- Pulpo gigante del sud in Spanish
- Southern Giant Octopus in English
- الأخطبوط العملاق الجنوبي in Arabic
Bibliographic References
- 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.
- Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. <i>Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin</i> 66:127–154.
- 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.