MolluscaBase name details
Octopus furvus Gould, 1852
534741 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534741)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
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 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Octopus furvus Gould, 1852. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534741 on 2025-09-11
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original description
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]
subsequent type designation 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
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page(s): 475, pi. 47 figs 589a-d [details]
subsequent type designation 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
note: neotype designation [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
