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Octopus rufus
Risso, 1854
AphiaID
153078
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:153078)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Coleoidea
Octopodiformes
Octopoda
Incirrata
Octopodoidea
Octopodidae
Octopus
Octopus rufus
Status
unaccepted
(dubious synonym)
Accepted name
Scaeurgus unicirrhus
(Delle Chiaje, 1841)
Rank
Species
Parent
Octopus
Cuvier, 1797
Environment
marine,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Original description
Not documented
Taxonomic citation
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase.
Octopus rufus
Risso, 1854. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=153078 on 2026-10-09
Regional species database citation
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species.
Octopus rufus
Risso, 1854. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=153078 on 2026-10-09
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2005-04-14 07:47:17Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2014-01-31 07:34:01Z
changed
Gofas, Serge
2018-02-07 15:28:10Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
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Sources (2)
Documented distribution (0)
Links (1)
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
Adam, W. (1942). Notes sur les Céphalopodes: 21. A propos d'une publication peu connue de A. Risso 1854 [Notes on the cephalopods: 21. On a hardly known publication from A. Risso 1854]. <em>Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique - Mededeelingen van het Koninklijk Natuurhistorisch Museum van België.</em> 18 (25): 1-36.
,
available online at
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-natural-history-museum/bulletin-of-the-royal-belgian-natural-history-museum-1930-1948/18-1942/irscnb_p4087_rbins16934_18_bulletin-25.pdf
[details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To PESI