MolluscaBase taxon details
Octopus minor (Sasaki, 1920)
342002 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342002)
accepted
Species
Octopus minor minor (Sasaki, 1920) · unaccepted
Polypus macropus minor Sasaki, 1920 · unaccepted (original combination)
Polypus variabilis Sasaki, 1929 · unaccepted
Polypus variabilis var. pardalis Sasaki, 1929 · unaccepted
Polypus variabilis var. typicus Sasaki, 1929 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Octopus minor minor (Sasaki, 1920) accepted as Octopus minor (Sasaki, 1920)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Octopus minor (Sasaki, 1920). Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342002 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Polypus variabilis var. pardalis Sasaki, 1929) Sasaki, M. (1929). A monograph of the dibranchiate cephalopods of the Japanese and adjacent waters. <em>Journal of the College of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University.</em> 20(Suppl.): 1-357, 159 figs, 30 pls., available online at https://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2115/12617
page(s): 94, pl. 12 figs. 15, 16 [details]
original description (of Polypus variabilis var. typicus Sasaki, 1929) Sasaki, M. (1929). A monograph of the dibranchiate cephalopods of the Japanese and adjacent waters. <em>Journal of the College of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University.</em> 20(Suppl.): 1-357, 159 figs, 30 pls., available online at https://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2115/12617
page(s): 90-94, pl. 1 fig. 9; pl. 3 fig. 21; pl. 12 figs. 13, 14 [details]
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
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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 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): 454 [details]
page(s): 94, pl. 12 figs. 15, 16 [details]
original description (of Polypus variabilis var. typicus Sasaki, 1929) Sasaki, M. (1929). A monograph of the dibranchiate cephalopods of the Japanese and adjacent waters. <em>Journal of the College of Agriculture, Hokkaido Imperial University.</em> 20(Suppl.): 1-357, 159 figs, 30 pls., available online at https://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2115/12617
page(s): 90-94, pl. 1 fig. 9; pl. 3 fig. 21; pl. 12 figs. 13, 14 [details]
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]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 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): 454 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat shelf [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese | Cháng-Xiāo | [details] |
To NMNH Extant Collection (TAX MOL 332963 Back) (from synonym Polypus macropus minor Sasaki, 1920)
To ITIS
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally, from synonym
