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Octopus cuvierii A. d'Orbigny, 1826

535609 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:535609)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Mollusca
  4. Cephalopoda
  5. Coleoidea
  6. Octopodiformes
  7. Octopoda
  8. Incirrata
  9. Octopodoidea
  10. Octopodidae
  11. Octopus
  12. Octopus cuvierii
 unaccepted > superseded combination
Pinnoctopus cuvieri (A. d'Orbigny, 1826)
Species
Octopus Cuvier, 1797
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Férussac, A. E. J. P. F. d'Audebard de & d'Orbigny, A. (1826-1848). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Céphalopodes acétabulifères vivants et fossiles. pp. [1-96], i-lvi, 1-361, Atlas with 144 plates. Paris, Baillière., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13093019
page(s): Octopus pl. 4 figs 1–12 [1826]; 18-24 [1839]; Octopus pl. 27 figs 1–3 [1841] [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Octopus cuvierii A. d'Orbigny, 1826. 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=535609 on 2026-09-18
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Octopus cuvierii A. d'Orbigny, 1826. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=535609 on 2026-09-18
Date
action
by
2010-10-22 18:03:32Z
created
Bouchet, Philippe
2017-11-19 21:54:40Z
changed
Finn, Julian
2024-02-08 04:17:33Z
changed
Köhler, Frank
2026-06-06 03:43:11Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe

original description Férussac, A. E. J. P. F. d'Audebard de & d'Orbigny, A. (1826-1848). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Céphalopodes acétabulifères vivants et fossiles. pp. [1-96], i-lvi, 1-361, Atlas with 144 plates. Paris, Baillière., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13093019
page(s): Octopus pl. 4 figs 1–12 [1826]; 18-24 [1839]; Octopus pl. 27 figs 1–3 [1841] [details] 

status source Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. <i>Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin</i> 66:127–154.
note: treated as synonym of Callistoctopus lechenaultii [details] 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Octopus lechenaultii A. d'Orbigny, 1826)
To PESI