WoRMS taxon details
Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849
210788 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:210788)
accepted
Species
Callistoctopus magnocellatus Taki, 1964 · unaccepted (synonym)
Octopus cyanea var. gracilis G. C. Robson, 1929 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Octopus glaber Wülker, 1920 · unaccepted
Octopus herdmani Hoyle, 1904 · unaccepted
Octopus horsti Joubin, 1898 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Octopus marmoratus Hoyle, 1885 · unaccepted
Sepia barffi Curtiss, 1938 · unaccepted
- Variety Octopus cyanea var. gracilis G. C. Robson, 1929 accepted as Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=210788 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Octopus cyanea var. gracilis G. C. Robson, 1929) Robson, G. C. (1929). A monograph of the recent Cephalopoda based on the collections in the British Museum (Natural History). Part I. Octopodinae. British Museum (Natural History), London. Pp. 1-236, pls 1-7. [published 27 July 1929]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48282680
page(s): p. 98. [details]
original description (of Octopus horsti Joubin, 1898) Joubin, M. L. (1898). Sur quelques cephalopodes du Musee Royale de Leyde et description de trois especes nouvelles. <em>Notes from the Leyden Museum.</em> 20: 21-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9633550
page(s): 23 [details]
original description (of Callistoctopus magnocellatus Taki, 1964) Taki, I. (1964). On eleven new species of the Cephalopoda from Japan, including two new genera of Octopodinae. <em>Journal of the Faculty of Fisheries and Animal Husbandry, Hiroshima University.</em> 5(2): 277-343., available online at https://ir.lib.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/files/public/4/40363/20160613104509553385/JFacFishAnim_5_277.pdf
page(s): 298 [details]
original description (of Sepia barffi Curtiss, 1938) Curtiss, A. (1938). A short zoology of Tahiti in the Society islands. <em>Guide Printing Company, Inc., Brooklyn, New York.</em> i-xvi + 1-193.
page(s): 187-188 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Roper, C.F.E., M.J. Sweeney & C.E. Nauen (1984). FAO Species catalogue. Vol 3. Cephalopods of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries. FAO Fish. Synop. (125), Vol 3: 277 p. [details]
page(s): p. 98. [details]
original description (of Octopus horsti Joubin, 1898) Joubin, M. L. (1898). Sur quelques cephalopodes du Musee Royale de Leyde et description de trois especes nouvelles. <em>Notes from the Leyden Museum.</em> 20: 21-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9633550
page(s): 23 [details]
original description (of Callistoctopus magnocellatus Taki, 1964) Taki, I. (1964). On eleven new species of the Cephalopoda from Japan, including two new genera of Octopodinae. <em>Journal of the Faculty of Fisheries and Animal Husbandry, Hiroshima University.</em> 5(2): 277-343., available online at https://ir.lib.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/files/public/4/40363/20160613104509553385/JFacFishAnim_5_277.pdf
page(s): 298 [details]
original description (of Sepia barffi Curtiss, 1938) Curtiss, A. (1938). A short zoology of Tahiti in the Society islands. <em>Guide Printing Company, Inc., Brooklyn, New York.</em> i-xvi + 1-193.
page(s): 187-188 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Roper, C.F.E., M.J. Sweeney & C.E. Nauen (1984). FAO Species catalogue. Vol 3. Cephalopods of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries. FAO Fish. Synop. (125), Vol 3: 277 p. [details]
Taxonomy
status source
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]
Identification resource
identification resource
Lu, C.C. & Chung, W.S. (2017). <em>Guide to the cephalopods of Taiwan</em>. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 560 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-2569-4.
page(s): 450 [details]
page(s): 450 [details]
Other
context source (Introduced species)
Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source Galil, B. (2007). Seeing Red: Alien species along the Mediterranean coast of Israel. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 2(4): 281-312., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2007.2.4.2 [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]
additional source Tsuchiya, K.; Uzu, T. (1997). Sneaker Male in Octopus. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 56 (2): 177-181. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source Galil, B. (2007). Seeing Red: Alien species along the Mediterranean coast of Israel. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 2(4): 281-312., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2007.2.4.2 [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]
additional source Tsuchiya, K.; Uzu, T. (1997). Sneaker Male in Octopus. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 56 (2): 177-181. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal in Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details]Unreviewed
Habitat coastal [details]Spelling Octopus cyanea [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese | Lán-Xiāo | [details] |
| English | day octopusCyane's octopusbig blue octopus | [details] |
| German | Großer Blauer Krake | [details] |
| Japanese | ワモンダコ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (298 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Octopus marmoratus Hoyle, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Octopus horsti Joubin, 1898)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Day Octopus)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Octopus)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Octopus)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Octopus)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Octopus)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Octopus)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Octopus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Octopus cyanea)
To GenBank (605 nucleotides; 603 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Octopus marmoratus Hoyle, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Octopus horsti Joubin, 1898)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Day Octopus)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Octopus)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Octopus)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Octopus)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Octopus)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Octopus)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Octopus)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Octopus cyanea)
To GenBank (605 nucleotides; 603 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
