MolluscaBase taxon details
Callistoctopus furvus (A. Gould, 1852)
534740 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534740)
accepted
Species
Octopus bermudensis Hoyle, 1885 · unaccepted (synonym)
Octopus chromatus Heilprin, 1888 · unaccepted (synonym)
Octopus furvus Gould, 1852 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Octopus furvus Gould, 1852) Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston.</em> 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10991152
page(s): 475, pi. 47 figs 589a-d [details]
page(s): 475, pi. 47 figs 589a-d [details]
Type locality contained in Southeastern Brazil
type locality contained in Southeastern Brazil [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Callistoctopus furvus (A. Gould, 1852). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534740 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Octopus bermudensis Hoyle, 1885) Hoyle, W.E. (1885). Diagnoses of new species of Cephalopoda collected during the cruise of H.M.S. Challenger, I: The Octopoda. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> series 5, 15:222-236., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15821176
page(s): 228 [details]
original description (of Octopus furvus Gould, 1852) Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston.</em> 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10991152
page(s): 475, pi. 47 figs 589a-d [details]
original description (of Octopus chromatus Heilprin, 1888) Heilprin, A. (1888). Contributions to the Natural History of the Bermuda Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 40: 302-328., available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4061282.pdf
page(s): 324 [details]
additional source O'Brien, C. E.; Lekas, E.; Leite, T. S. (2025). Deception in the dark—an ethogram of <i>Callistoctopus furvus</i>. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 91(3): eyaf010: 1-18., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyaf010 [details]
status source Jesus, M. D.; Sales, J. B. D. L.; Martins, R. S.; Ready, J. S.; Costa, T. A. S.; Ablett, J. D.; Schiavetti, A. (2021). Traditional knowledge aids description when resolving the taxonomic status of unsettled species using classical and molecular taxonomy: The case of the shallow-water octopus <i>Callistoctopus furvus</i> (Gould, 1852) From the western Atlantic Ocean. <em>Frontiers in Marine Science.</em> 7: 595244., available online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.595244 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 228 [details]
original description (of Octopus furvus Gould, 1852) Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston.</em> 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10991152
page(s): 475, pi. 47 figs 589a-d [details]
original description (of Octopus chromatus Heilprin, 1888) Heilprin, A. (1888). Contributions to the Natural History of the Bermuda Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 40: 302-328., available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4061282.pdf
page(s): 324 [details]
additional source O'Brien, C. E.; Lekas, E.; Leite, T. S. (2025). Deception in the dark—an ethogram of <i>Callistoctopus furvus</i>. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 91(3): eyaf010: 1-18., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyaf010 [details]
status source Jesus, M. D.; Sales, J. B. D. L.; Martins, R. S.; Ready, J. S.; Costa, T. A. S.; Ablett, J. D.; Schiavetti, A. (2021). Traditional knowledge aids description when resolving the taxonomic status of unsettled species using classical and molecular taxonomy: The case of the shallow-water octopus <i>Callistoctopus furvus</i> (Gould, 1852) From the western Atlantic Ocean. <em>Frontiers in Marine Science.</em> 7: 595244., available online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.595244 [details] Available for editors
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