Octopus (genus)
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| Octopus | |
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| Octopus vulgaris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Octopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Octopodinae |
| Genus: | Octopus Cuvier, 1797 |
| Species | |
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Over 100, see text. | |
Octopus defilippi
Octopus rubescens
Octopus salutii
Octopus vulgaris
Octopus is the largest genus of octopuses, comprising more than 100 species. These species are widespread throughout the world's oceans.
Species
- Octopus adamsi *
- Octopus alatus *
- Octopus alecto
- Octopus alpheus, Capricorn night octopus
- Octopus araneoides *
- Octopus arborescens
- Octopus aspilosomatis, plain-body night octopus
- Octopus australis, hammer octopus
- Octopus balboai
- Octopus berrima, southern keeled octopus
- Octopus bimaculatus, California two-spot octopus or Verrill's two-spot octopus
- Octopus bimaculoides, California two-spot octopus
- Octopus bocki, Bock's pygmy octopus
- Octopus briareus, Caribbean reef octopus
- Octopus brocki *
- Octopus bulbus
- Octopus bunurong, southern white-spot octopus
- Octopus californicus, North Pacific bigeye octopus
- Octopus campbelli
- Octopus carolinensis, Carolinian octopus
- Octopus chierchiae, Lesser Pacific Striped Octopus
- Octopus conispadiceus, chestnut octopus
- Octopus cyanea, big blue octopus or Cyane's octopus,
- Octopus defilippi, Atlantic longarm octopus or Lilliput longarm octopus
- Octopus dierythraeus, red-spot night octopus
- Octopus digueti, Diguet's pygmy octopus
- Octopus diminutus[1]
- Octopus favonius
- Octopus filamentosus
- Octopus fitchi, Fitch's pygmy octopus
- Octopus fujitai
- Octopus gardineri
- Octopus gibbsi
- Octopus globosus, globe octopus
- Octopus gorgonus[2]
- Octopus graptus, sribbled night octopus
- Octopus guangdongensis
- Octopus hardwickei
- Octopus harpedon
- Octopus hattai
- Octopus hongkongensis
- Octopus hubbsorum, Hubb's octopus
- Octopus humilis[2]
- Octopus hummelincki, bumblebee two-spot octopus or Caribbean two-spot octopus [3]
- Octopus incella
- Octopus insularis[4]
- Octopus joubini, Atlantic pygmy octopus or small-egg Caribbean pygmy octopus
- Octopus kaharoa
- Octopus kaurna, southern sand octopus
- Octopus laqueus
- Octopus lobensis, lobed octopus *
- Octopus longispadiceus
- Octopus luteus, starry night octopus
- Octopus macropus, Atlantic white-spotted octopus
- Octopus maorum, Maori octopus
- Octopus mariles[2]
- Octopus maya, Mexican four-eyed octopus
- Octopus mercatoris *
- Octopus mernoo
- Octopus microphthalmus
- Octopus micropyrsus, California Lilliput octopus
- Octopus micros
- Octopus mimus
- Octopus minor
- O. m. minor
- O. m. pardalis *
- O. m. typicus *
- Octopus mutilans
- Octopus nanhaiensis
- Octopus nanus
- Octopus niveus
- Octopus nocturnus
- Octopus occidentalis
- Octopus ochotensis
- Octopus oculifer, Galapagos reef octopus
- Octopus oliveri
- Octopus ornatus, ornate octopus or white-striped octopus
- Octopus oshimai
- Octopus ovulum *
- Octopus pallidus, pale octopus
- Octopus parvus, Japanese pygmy octopus
- Octopus penicillifer
- Octopus pentherinus *
- Octopus prashadi
- Octopus pricei *
- Octopus pumilus
- Octopus pyrum
- Octopus rapanui
- Octopus roosevelti
- Octopus rubescens, East Pacific red octopus
- Octopus salutii, spider octopus
- Octopus sanctaehelenae
- Octopus sasakii
- Octopus selene, moon octopus
- Octopus spinosus *
- Octopus superciliosus, frilled pygmy octopus
- Octopus taprobanensis *
- Octopus tehuelchus, Tehuelche octopus
- Octopus tenebricus
- Octopus tetricus, gloomy octopus or common Sydney octopus
- Octopus tsugarensis *
- Octopus validus
- Octopus veligero, veiled octopus
- Octopus verrucosus
- Octopus vitiensis, bighead octopus
- Octopus vulgaris, common octopus
- Octopus warringa, club pygmy octopus
- Octopus winckworthi
- Octopus wolfi, star-sucker pygmy octopus
- Octopus yendoi *
- Octopus zonatus, Atlantic banded octopus
The species listed above with an asterisk (*) are questionable and need further study to determine if they are valid species or synonyms.[5]
References
- ↑ Kaneko, N. & Kubodera, T. (2008). "Two new species of pygmy octopuses (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from deep water off the Ryukyu Archipelago, southern Japan." Molluscan Research 28(3): 145–157.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Huffard, C.L. (2007). Four new species of shallow water pygmy octopus (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) from the Kingdom of Tonga. Molluscan Research 27(3): 147–170.
- ↑ Octopus hummelincki Adam, 1936 (Mollusca, Cephalopoda): specific name conserved
- ↑ Leite, T. S.; Haimovici, M.; Molina, W.; Warnke, K. (2007). "Morphological and genetic description of Octopus insularis, a new cryptic species in the Octopus vulgaris complex (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from the tropical southwestern Atlantic". Journal of Molluscan Studies 74 (1): 63–74. doi:10.1093/mollus/eym050.
- ↑ Sweeney, M.J. (2001). Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda. PDF - updated May 4, 2001. 59 pp.
External links
- CephBase: Octopus
- Tree of Life website gives information about the classification of cephalopod groups
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