Octopus americanus Montfort, 1802 Dataset GBIF Backbone Taxonomy Rank SPECIES Classification kingdom Animalia phylum Mollusca class Cephalopoda order Octopoda family Octopodidae genus Octopus species Octopus vulgaris Name Homonyms Octopus americanus Montfort, 1802 Octopus americanus Froriep, 1806