This is a test site. The production site with full data is available at GBIF.org
{{nav.loginGreeting}}
  • Get data
      • Occurrences
      • GBIF API
      • Species
      • Datasets
      • Occurrence snapshots
      • Hosted portals
      • Trends
  • How-to
    • Share data

      • Quick-start guide
      • Dataset classes
      • Data hosting
      • Standards
      • Become a publisher
      • Data quality
      • Data papers
    • Use data

      • Featured data use
      • Citation guidelines
      • GBIF citations
      • Citation widget
      • Guides and documentation
  • Tools
    • Publishing

      • IPT
      • Data validator
      • GeoPick
      • New data model
      • GRSciColl
      • Suggest a dataset
      • Metabarcoding data toolkit
    • Data access and use

      • Hosted portals
      • Scientific collections
      • Data processing
      • Derived datasets
      • rgbif
      • pygbif
      • SQL downloads
      • Tools catalogue
    • GBIF labs

      • Species matching
      • Name parser
      • Sequence ID
      • Relative observation trends
      • GBIF data blog
  • Community
    • Network

      • Participant network
      • Nodes
      • Publishers
      • Network contacts
      • Community forum
      • alliance for biodiversity knowledge
    • Volunteers

      • Mentors
      • Ambassadors
      • Translators
      • Citizen scientists
    • Activities

      • Capacity development
      • Programmes & projects
      • Training and learning resources
      • Data Use Club
      • Living Atlases
  • About
    • Inside GBIF

      • What is GBIF?
      • Become a member
      • Governance
      • Strategic framework
      • Work Programme
      • Funders
      • Partnerships
      • Release notes
      • Contacts
    • News & outreach

      • News
      • Subscribe
      • Events
      • Awards
      • Science Review
      • Data use
      • Thematic communities
  • User profile

Octopus insularis Leite & Haimovici, 2008

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Leite, T. S., Haimovici, M., Molina, W., & Warnke, K. (2008). Morphological and genetic description of Octopus insularis, a new cryptic species in the Octopus vulgaris complex (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from the tropical southwestern Atlantic. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 74: 63-74. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=140764

Classification

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

Name

Homonyms
Octopus insularis Leite & Haimovici, 2008
Common names
Brazil reef octopus in English
Brazil reef octopus in English
Brazilian Reef Octopus in English
Polpo insulare in Italian
Polvo-dos-recifes-brasileiros in Portuguese
Polvo-recife-brasileiro in Portuguese
Poulpe brésilien de récif in French
Pulpo brasileño de arrecife in Spanish
Pulpo patón in Spanish
Brazil reef octopus in English

Bibliographic References

  1. González-Gómez, R.; Avendaño, O.; De Los Angeles Barriga-Sosa, I.; Bastos, P.; Caamal-Monsreal, C.; Castillo-Estrada, G.; Cedillo-Robles, C.; Daw, A.; Díaz-Santana-Iturrios, M.; Galindo-Cortes, G.; Guerrero-Kommritz, J.; Haimovici, M.; Ibáñez, C. M.; De Lourdes Jiménez-Badillo, M.; Larson, P.; Leite, T.; Lima, F. D.; Markaida, U.; Meiners-Mandujano, C.; Morillo-Velarde, P. S.; Ortiz, N.; Pardo-Gandarillas, M. C.; Pliego-Cárdenas, R.; Ré, M. E.; Siegel, B.; Urbano, B.; Vidal, E. A. G.; Gleadall, I. G. (2024). Biodiversity of octopuses in the Americas. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 171: 189 [1-41 pp]. 10.1007/s00227-024-04489-0
  2. Leite T.S., Haimovici M., Molina W. & Warnke K. 2008. Morphological and genetic description of <i>Octopus insularis</i>, a new cryptic species in the <i>Octopus vulgaris</i> complex (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from the tropical southwestern Atlantic. <i>Journal of Molluscan Studies</i>, 74: 63-74
  3. 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.
What is GBIF? API FAQ Newsletter Privacy Terms and agreements How to cite? Code of Conduct Acknowledgements
Contact GBIF Secretariat Universitetsparken 15 DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø Denmark
GBIF is a Global Core Biodata Resource