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Octopus piscatorum A. E. Verrill, 1879

527145 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:527145)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Mollusca
  4. Cephalopoda
  5. Coleoidea
  6. Octopodiformes
  7. Octopoda
  8. Incirrata
  9. Octopodoidea
  10. Octopodidae
  11. Octopus
  12. Octopus piscatorum
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bathypolypus bairdii (A. E. Verrill, 1872)
Species
Benthoctopus Grimpe, 1921
Octopus Cuvier, 1797
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Verrill, A. E. (1879). Notice of recent additions to the marine fauna of the east coast of North America. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 3: 309-315., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36843753
page(s): 470 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Octopus piscatorum A. E. Verrill, 1879. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=527145 on 2026-10-12
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Octopus piscatorum A. E. Verrill, 1879. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=527145 on 2026-10-12
Date
action
by
2010-09-26 17:15:50Z
created
Bouchet, Philippe
2010-10-17 13:28:46Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2018-02-07 15:28:10Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2022-09-21 00:32:45Z
changed
Marshall, Bruce
2023-06-18 00:21:19Z
changed
Auffenberg, Kurt

original description Verrill, A. E. (1879). Notice of recent additions to the marine fauna of the east coast of North America. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> 3: 309-315., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36843753
page(s): 470 [details] 

context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details] 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (TAX MOL 574641 Back) 
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
To ITIS
Unreviewed