MolluscaBase - Octopus (Octopus) Cuvier, 1798

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Octopus (Octopus) Cuvier, 1798

AphiaID

1598781 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1598781)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Octopus Cuvier, 1798

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Octopus Cuvier, 1798

Original name

Octopus Cuvier, 1798

Direct children (2)

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Species Octopus (Octopus) joubini G. C. Robson, 1929 represented as Octopus joubini G. C. Robson, 1929
Species Octopus (Octopus) teuthoides G. C. Robson, 1929 (uncertain > nomen dubium)

Environment

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

Original description

(of Octopus Cuvier, 1798) Cuvier, G. (1797). Tableau élémentaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux. [Elementary table of the natural history of animals.]. <em>Baudoin, Paris.</em> i-xvi, 1-710, Pl. 1-14. [pdf is for copepods :449-456]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637076
page(s): 380 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Octopus (Octopus) Cuvier, 1798. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1598781 on 2025-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2022-08-27 09:38:30Z

created

Vos, Chris

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original description (of Octopus Cuvier, 1798) Cuvier, G. (1797). Tableau élémentaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux. [Elementary table of the natural history of animals.]. <em>Baudoin, Paris.</em> i-xvi, 1-710, Pl. 1-14. [pdf is for copepods :449-456]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637076
page(s): 380 [details]