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Callistoctopus furvus (A. A. Gould, 1852)

534740 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534740)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Mollusca
  4. Cephalopoda
  5. Coleoidea
  6. Octopodiformes
  7. Octopoda
  8. Incirrata
  9. Octopodoidea
  10. Octopodidae
  11. Callistoctopus
  12. Callistoctopus furvus
 unaccepted > superseded combination
Pinnoctopus furvus (A. A. Gould, 1852)
Species
Callistoctopus Iw. Taki, 1964 accepted as Pinnoctopus A. d'Orbigny, 1845
Octopus bermudensis Hoyle, 1885 · unaccepted (synonym)
Octopus chromatus Heilprin, 1888 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston.</em> 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10991152
page(s): 475, pi. 47 figs 589a-d [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Callistoctopus furvus (A. A. Gould, 1852). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534740 on 2026-09-18
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Callistoctopus furvus (A. A. Gould, 1852). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=534740 on 2026-09-18
Date
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2010-10-21 18:18:05Z
created
Bouchet, Philippe
2017-11-18 07:10:58Z
changed
Finn, Julian
2023-09-30 19:03:52Z
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Marshall, Bruce
2024-10-30 20:27:02Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2026-03-05 08:13:14Z
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Bouchet, Philippe

original description (of ) Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston.</em> 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10991152
page(s): 475, pi. 47 figs 589a-d [details] 

additional source O'Brien, C. E.; Lekas, E.; Leite, T. S. (2025). Deception in the dark—an ethogram of <i>Callistoctopus furvus</i>. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 91(3): eyaf010: 1-18., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyaf010 [details] 

status source Jesus, M. D.; Sales, J. B. D. L.; Martins, R. S.; Ready, J. S.; Costa, T. A. S.; Ablett, J. D.; Schiavetti, A. (2021). Traditional knowledge aids description when resolving the taxonomic status of unsettled species using classical and molecular taxonomy: The case of the shallow-water octopus <i>Callistoctopus furvus</i> (Gould, 1852) From the western Atlantic Ocean. <em>Frontiers in Marine Science.</em> 7: 595244., available online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.595244 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Octopus bermudensis Hoyle, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Octopus chromatus Heilprin, 1888)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Callistoctopus furvus) 
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 9 proteins) 
To PESI (from synonym Octopus bermudensis Hoyle, 1885)
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Octopus chromatus Heilprin, 1888)