MolluscaBase - Octopus (Macroctopus) G. C. Robson, 1928

MolluscaBase name details

Octopus (Macroctopus) G. C. Robson, 1928

AphiaID

1046158 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1046158)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Macroctopus G. C. Robson, 1928

Rank

Subgenus

Type taxon

Octopus maorum F. W. Hutton, 1880 accepted as Macroctopus maorum (F. W. Hutton, 1880) (type by original designation)

Parent

Octopus Cuvier, 1798

Original name

Octopus (Macroctopus) G. C. Robson, 1928

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Robson, G. C. (1928). On the giant octopus of New Zealand. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 98(1): 257-264., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1928.tb07150.x/abstract
page(s): 257 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Octopus (Macroctopus) G. C. Robson, 1928. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1046158 on 2025-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-11-27 22:18:06Z

created

Finn, Julian

2022-08-27 09:38:30Z

changed

Vos, Chris

Licensing

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Sources (1)

original description Robson, G. C. (1928). On the giant octopus of New Zealand. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 98(1): 257-264., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1928.tb07150.x/abstract
page(s): 257 [details]