WoRMS name details
Octopus punctatus Gabb, 1862
534578 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534578)
unaccepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Gabb, W. M. (1862). Descriptions of two new species of Cephalopodes in the Museum of the California Academy of Natural Sciences. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Natural Sciences.</em> 2: 170-172., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3837094
page(s): 170 [details]
page(s): 170 [details]
Type locality contained in San Francisco Bay, Baja California
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Octopus punctatus Gabb, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534578 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Gabb, W. M. (1862). Descriptions of two new species of Cephalopodes in the Museum of the California Academy of Natural Sciences. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Natural Sciences.</em> 2: 170-172., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3837094
page(s): 170 [details]
page(s): 170 [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.
note: treated as a synonym of Enteroctopus dofleini [details]
status source González-Gómez, R.; Avendaño, O.; De Los Angeles Barriga-Sosa, I.; Bastos, P.; Caamal-Monsreal, C.; Castillo-Estrada, G.; Cedillo-Robles, C.; Daw, A.; Díaz-Santana-Iturrios, M.; Galindo-Cortes, G.; Guerrero-Kommritz, J.; Haimovici, M.; Ibáñez, C. M.; De Lourdes Jiménez-Badillo, M.; Larson, P.; Leite, T.; Lima, F. D.; Markaida, U.; Meiners-Mandujano, C.; Morillo-Velarde, P. S.; Ortiz, N.; Pardo-Gandarillas, M. C.; Pliego-Cárdenas, R.; Ré, M. E.; Siegel, B.; Urbano, B.; Vidal, E. A. G.; Gleadall, I. G. (2024). Biodiversity of octopuses in the Americas. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 171: 189 [1-41 pp]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-024-04489-0
note: treated as nomen dubium [details]
note: treated as a synonym of Enteroctopus dofleini [details]
status source González-Gómez, R.; Avendaño, O.; De Los Angeles Barriga-Sosa, I.; Bastos, P.; Caamal-Monsreal, C.; Castillo-Estrada, G.; Cedillo-Robles, C.; Daw, A.; Díaz-Santana-Iturrios, M.; Galindo-Cortes, G.; Guerrero-Kommritz, J.; Haimovici, M.; Ibáñez, C. M.; De Lourdes Jiménez-Badillo, M.; Larson, P.; Leite, T.; Lima, F. D.; Markaida, U.; Meiners-Mandujano, C.; Morillo-Velarde, P. S.; Ortiz, N.; Pardo-Gandarillas, M. C.; Pliego-Cárdenas, R.; Ré, M. E.; Siegel, B.; Urbano, B.; Vidal, E. A. G.; Gleadall, I. G. (2024). Biodiversity of octopuses in the Americas. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 171: 189 [1-41 pp]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-024-04489-0
note: treated as nomen dubium [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
