MolluscaBase name details
Octopus backerii A. d'Orbigny, 1826
534440 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534440)
unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1826). Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> vol. 7: 96-169, 245-314., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5753959
page(s): 144 [details]
page(s): 144 [details]
Note les Indes occidentales
From editor or global species database
Type locality les Indes occidentales [details]
Etymology Named for the British naturalist, Henry Baker (1698-1774).
Etymology Named for the British naturalist, Henry Baker (1698-1774). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Octopus backerii A. d'Orbigny, 1826. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534440 on 2025-09-11
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Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1826). Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> vol. 7: 96-169, 245-314., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5753959
page(s): 144 [details]
additional source Voss, G. L. & Toll, R. B. (1998). The systematics and nomenclatural status of the Octopodinae described from the western Atlantic Ocean. <em>Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology,.</em> 586(2): 457-474.
page(s): 460 [details]
source of synonymy 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]
page(s): 144 [details]
additional source Voss, G. L. & Toll, R. B. (1998). The systematics and nomenclatural status of the Octopodinae described from the western Atlantic Ocean. <em>Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology,.</em> 586(2): 457-474.
page(s): 460 [details]
source of synonymy 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]
