Cuvier, G. (1797). Tableau élémentaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux. [Elementary table of the natural history of animals.]. Baudoin, Paris. i-xvi, 1-710, Pl. 1-14. [pdf is for copepods :449-456]., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637076 page(s): 380 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140605 on 2025-10-07
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original descriptionCuvier, G. (1797). Tableau élémentaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux. [Elementary table of the natural history of animals.]. Baudoin, Paris. i-xvi, 1-710, Pl. 1-14. [pdf is for copepods :449-456]., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637076 page(s): 380 [details]
original description(ofOctopus pilosus Risso, 1826)Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [book series]. 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]., available online athttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 page(s): 4 [details]
original description(ofSepia octopus Gmelin, 1791)Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online athttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 page(s): 3149 [details]
original description(ofSepia polypus Oken, 1815)Oken, L. (1815-1816). Lehrbuch der Naturgeschichte. Dritter Theil: Zoologie. Erste Abtheilung: Fleischlose Thiere,Leipzig: C.H. Reclam & Jena: A. Schmid, [book (3rd vol part one, of 3 vols, including plates atlas of T.1, 1813]. xxviii + 842 pp. + xviii, 40 pls. L [copepods 180-184, 357-359, 4 plates]., available online athttps://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.166403 page(s): 243 [details]
original description(ofSepia rugosa Bosc, 1792)Bosc [L. A. G.] (1792). Sepia rugosa. Actes de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 1: 24, Pl. 5 page(s): 24 [details]
original description(ofOctopus ruber Rafinesque, 1814)Rafinesque, C.S. (1814). Précis des découvertes et travaux somiologiques de Mr. C.S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz entre 1800 et 1814; ou choix raisonné de ses principales découvertes en zoologie et en botanique, pour servir d'introduction à ses ouvrages futurs. [Summary of the discoveries and somiological works of Mr. C.S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz between 1800 and 1814; or reasoned selection of his principal discoveries in zoology and botany, to serve as an introduction to his future works.]. Palerme. :1-55., available online athttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/27701 page(s): 28 [details]
context source (Deepsea)Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online athttp://www.iobis.org/[details]
context source (HKRMS)City University of Hong Kong. (2013). Provision of Services for Species Identification and Data Analysis ofEpibenthic Organisms from Hong Kong Water. Final report. Environmental Protection Department. Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University[details]
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basis of recordNorman M.D., Finn J.K. & Hochberg F.G. (2014). Family Octopodidae. pp. 36-215, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO]. 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls.[details]
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additional sourceNorman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin 66:127–154.[details]
ecology sourceLooby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in RoR), available online athttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4[details]
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