MolluscaBase taxon details
Bathypolypus bairdii (A. E. Verrill, 1872)
157011 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157011)
accepted
Species
Bathypolypus lentus (A. E. Verrill, 1880) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bathypolypus proschi Muus, 1962 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Benthoctopus piscatorum (A. E. Verrill, 1879) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Octopus bairdii A. E. Verrill, 1872 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Octopus lentus A. E. Verrill, 1880 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Octopus piscatorum A. E. Verrill, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Octopus bairdii A. E. Verrill, 1872) Verrill, A. E. (1872-1874). Results of recent dredging expeditions on the coast of New England. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> ser. 3, 5: 1-16 [issue for January 1873; separate copies distributed 13 Dec. 1872]; 5: 98-106 [Feb. 1873]; 6: 435-441 [Dec. 1873]; 7: 38-46 [Jan. 1874]; 7: 131-138 [Feb. 1874]; 7: 405-414, pls 4-5 [April 1874]; 7: 498-505, pls 6-8 [May 1874]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36820545
page(s): 5 [details]
page(s): 5 [details]
Distribution Saguenay Fjord, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern...
Distribution Saguenay Fjord, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary, lower St. Lawrence estuary, Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait); south Slope of Anticosti Island; Cobscook Bay [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bathypolypus bairdii (A. E. Verrill, 1872). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157011 on 2025-09-10
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
original description
(of Octopus bairdii A. E. Verrill, 1872) Verrill, A. E. (1872-1874). Results of recent dredging expeditions on the coast of New England. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> ser. 3, 5: 1-16 [issue for January 1873; separate copies distributed 13 Dec. 1872]; 5: 98-106 [Feb. 1873]; 6: 435-441 [Dec. 1873]; 7: 38-46 [Jan. 1874]; 7: 131-138 [Feb. 1874]; 7: 405-414, pls 4-5 [April 1874]; 7: 498-505, pls 6-8 [May 1874]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36820545
page(s): 5 [details]
original description (of Octopus piscatorum A. E. Verrill, 1879) Verrill, A. E. (1879). Notice of recent additions to the marine fauna of the east coast of North America. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 3: 17-309.
page(s): 470 [details]
original description (of Octopus lentus A. E. Verrill, 1880) Verrill, A.E. (1880). Notice of recent additions to the marine fauna of the eastern coast of North America. No. 8. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> ser. 3(19): 137-140., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36842475
page(s): 138 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. <i>Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin</i> 66:127–154. [details]
additional source 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. [details]
page(s): 5 [details]
original description (of Octopus piscatorum A. E. Verrill, 1879) Verrill, A. E. (1879). Notice of recent additions to the marine fauna of the east coast of North America. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 3: 17-309.
page(s): 470 [details]
original description (of Octopus lentus A. E. Verrill, 1880) Verrill, A.E. (1880). Notice of recent additions to the marine fauna of the eastern coast of North America. No. 8. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> ser. 3(19): 137-140., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36842475
page(s): 138 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. <i>Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin</i> 66:127–154. [details]
additional source 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. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet fish, crustaceans, and smaller squid [details]Dimensions maximum size of about 100 mm ML [details]
Distribution Saguenay Fjord, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: eastern Bradelle Valley), downstream part of middle St. Lawrence estuary, lower St. Lawrence estuary, Laurentian Channel (bathyal zone)(=Honguedo Strait); south Slope of Anticosti Island; Cobscook Bay [details]
Habitat bathyal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Predators marine mammals, fish [details]
Reproduction sexes are separate. Fertilization is internal but eggs are laid in large communal clusters [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | spoonarm octopus | [details] |
