Taxonomy: <I>Octopus</I>

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Taxonomy: (after I.C.Z.N.)

Kingdom Animalia

Phylum Mollusca

Class Cephalopoda

subclass Coleoidea

Order Octopoda

Family Octopodidae

Genus Octopus

Species: ("linked" species are represented in the database)

abaculus Norman and Sweeney, 1997

aculeatus D'Orbigny, 1834 in Ferussac and D'Orbigny, 1834-1848

adamsi Benham, 1944

aegina Gray, 1849

alatus (Sasaki, 1920)

alecto Berry, 1953

alpheus Norman, 1993

araneoides (Taki, 1964)

arborescens (Hoyle, 1904)

areolatus De Haan, 1839-1841 in Ferussa and D'Orbigny, 1834-1848

aspilosomatis Norman, 1993

australis Hoyle, 1885

balboai Voss, 1971

berrima Stranks and Norman, 1993

bimaculatus Verrill, 1883

bimaculoides Pickford and McConnaughey, 1949

bocki Adam, 1941

briareus Robson, 1929

brocki Ortmann, 1888

bunurong Stranks, 1990

burryi Voss, 1950

californicus (Berry, 1911)

campbelli (Smith, 1902)

carolinensis Verrill, 1884

chierchiae Jatta, 1889

conispadiceus (Sasaki, 1917)

cordiformis Quoy and Gaimard, 1832

cyanea Gray, 1849

defilippi Verany, 1851

dierythraeus Norman, 1993

digueti Perrier and Rochebrune, 1894

exannulatus Norman, 1993

fangsiao D'Orbigny, 1839-1841 in Ferussac and D'Orbigny, 1834-1848

subspecies

etchuanus (Sasaki, 1929)

favonius Gray, 1849

filamentosus Blainville, 1826

filosus Howell, 1867

fitchi Berry, 1953

fujitai (Sasaki, 1929)

gardineri (Hoyle, 1905)

globosus Appellof, 1886

graptus Norman, 1993

guangdongenis Dong, 1976

hardwickei Gray, 1849

hattai (Sasaki, 1929)

hongkongensis Hoyle, 1885

horridus D'Orbigny, 1826

hubbsorum Berry, 1953

joubini Robson, 1929

kagoshimensis Ortmann, 1888

kaurna Stranks, 1990

kermadecensis (Berry, 1914)

lechenaultii D'Orbigny, 1826 in Ferussac and D'Orbigny, 1834-1848

lobensis Castellanos and Menni, 1969

longispadiceus (Sasaki, 1917)

luteus (Sasaki, 1929)

macropus Risso, 1826

magnificus Villanueva et al., 1992

maorum Hutton, 1880

marginatus Taki, 1964

maya Voss and Solis Ramirez, 1966

membranaceus Quoy and Gaimard, 1832

mercatoris Adam, 1937

microphthalmus Goodrich, 1896

micropyrsus Berry, 1953

mimus Gould, 1852

minor (Sasaki, 1920)

subspecies

minor (Sasaki, 1920)

pardalis (Sasaki, 1929)

typicus (Sasaki, 1929)

mototi Norman, 1993

mutilans Taki, 1942

nanhaiensis Dong, 1976

nanus Adam, 1973

niveus Lesson, 1830 in 1830-1831

nocturnus Norman and Sweeney, 1997

occidentalis Steenstrup in Hoyle, 1886

ochotensis (Sasaki, 1920)

oculifer (Hoyle, 1904)

oliveri (Berry, 1914)

ornatus Gould, 1852

oshimai (Sasaki, 1929)

ovulum (Sasaki, 1917)

parvus (Sasaki, 1917)

penicillifer Berry, 1954

pentherinus Rochebrune and Mabille, 1889

polyzenia Gray, 1849

prashadi Adam, 1939

pricei (Berry, 1913)

pumilus Norman and Sweeney, 1997

rapanui Voss, 1979

robsoni Adam, 1941

roosevelti Stuart, 1941

rubescens Berry, 1953

salutii Verany, 1839

sanctaehelenae Robson, 1929

sasakii Taki, 1942

selene Voss, 1971

spinosus (Sasaki, 1920)

striolatus Dong, 1976

superciliosus Quoy and Gaimard, 1832

taprobanensis Robson, 1926

tehuelchus D'Orbigny, 1834 in 1834-1847

tenebricus Smith, 1884

tetricus Gould, 1852

tonganus Hoyle, 1885

tsugarensis Sasaki, 1920

validus Sasaki, 1920

varunae Oommen, 1971

veligero Berry, 1953

verrucosus Hoyle, 1885

vitiensis Hoyle, 1885

vulgaris Cuvier, 1797

warringa Stranks, 1990

winckworthi Robson, 1926

wolfi Wulker, 1913

yendoi (Sasaki, 1920)

zonatus Voss, 1968

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