North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS name details

Polypus Leach, 1817

AphiaID

534142 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534142)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (ICZN Opinion 233)

Accepted name

Octopus Cuvier, 1797

Rank

Genus

Parent

Octopodidae A. d'Orbigny, 1839

Direct children (4)

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Species Polypus faeroensis E. S. Russell, 1909 accepted as Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Polypus normani Massy, 1907 accepted as Muusoctopus normani (Massy, 1907) accepted as Muusoctopus januarii (Hoyle, 1885) (original combination)
Species Polypus profundicola Massy, 1907 accepted as Bathypolypus ergasticus (P. Fischer & H. Fischer, 1892)
Species Polypus scorpio S. S. Berry, 1920 accepted as Macrotritopus scorpio (S. S. Berry, 1920) (original combination)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Polypus Leach, 1817. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534142 on 2026-10-10

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Polypus Leach, 1817. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=534142 on 2026-10-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-10-17 17:01:16Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2018-02-07 15:28:10Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2020-07-18 20:05:46Z

changed

Gofas, Serge