MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
(of Octopus magnificus Villanueva, P. Sánchez & Compagno Roeleveld, 1992) Villanueva, R., Sánchez, P. & Compagno Roeleveld, M.A. (1992). <em>Octopus magnificus</em> (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae), a new species of large octopod from the southeastern Atlantic. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 49(1-2): 39-56 (1991). [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record
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]
additional source
Norman M.D., Finn J.K. & Hochberg F.G. (2014). Family Octopodidae. pp. 36-215, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date</i>. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls. [details]
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English |
giant octopus [from synonym] |
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