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Octopus americanus H. Baker, 1802

749548  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:749548)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Cephalopoda (Class)
  5. Coleoidea (Subclass)
  6. Octopodiformes (Superorder)
  7. Octopoda (Order)
  8. Incirrata (Suborder)
  9. Octopodoidea (Superfamily)
  10. Octopodidae (Family)
  11. Octopus (Genus)
  12. Octopus americanus (Species)
accepted
Species
Octopus backerii A. d'Orbigny, 1826 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling
Octopus bakerii A. d'Orbigny, 1826 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Octopus eudora J. E. Gray, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Octopus geryonea J. E. Gray, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1802-1805). <i>Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des mollusques : animaux sans vertèbres et a sang blanc / Ouvrage faisant suite aux Œuvres de Leclerc de Buffon, et partie du cours complet d'Histoire naturelle rédigée par C.S. Sonnini.</i> Tome 101 [Mollusques 1], 1802; tome 102 [Mollusques 2], 1802; tome 103 [Mollusques 3], 1802; tome 104 [Mollusques 4], 1802; tome 105 [Mollusques 5], 1805; tome 106 [Mollusques 6], 1806. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/51804#/summary
page(s): 3: 38, pls 30-31; note: as "le poulpe américain" [vernacular name only] [details]   
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Octopus americanus H. Baker, 1802. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=749548 on 2024-05-22
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2014-01-30 12:11:24Z
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Gofas, Serge
2018-02-07 15:28:10Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2020-08-30 07:05:46Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2020-11-08 08:57:56Z
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Vinarski, Maxim
2024-05-17 15:21:00Z
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Auffenberg, Kurt
2024-05-18 00:30:54Z
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Auffenberg, Kurt

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original description Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1802-1805). <i>Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des mollusques : animaux sans vertèbres et a sang blanc / Ouvrage faisant suite aux Œuvres de Leclerc de Buffon, et partie du cours complet d'Histoire naturelle rédigée par C.S. Sonnini.</i> Tome 101 [Mollusques 1], 1802; tome 102 [Mollusques 2], 1802; tome 103 [Mollusques 3], 1802; tome 104 [Mollusques 4], 1802; tome 105 [Mollusques 5], 1805; tome 106 [Mollusques 6], 1806. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/51804#/summary
page(s): 3: 38, pls 30-31; note: as "le poulpe américain" [vernacular name only] [details]   

original description  (of Octopus backerii A. d'Orbigny, 1826) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1826). Tableau méthodique de la classe des Céphalopodes. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles.</em> vol. 7: 96-169, 245-314., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5753959
page(s): 144 [details]   

original description  (of Octopus eudora J. E. Gray, 1849) Gray, J. E. (1849). <i>Catalogue of the Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum I: Cephalopoda antepedia</i>. London: British Museum. 164 pp,. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47563
page(s): 9 [details]   

original description  (of Octopus geryonea J. E. Gray, 1849) Gray, J. E. (1849). <i>Catalogue of the Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum I: Cephalopoda antepedia</i>. London: British Museum. 164 pp,. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47563
page(s): 7 [details]   

additional source Voss, G. L. & Toll, R. B. (1998). The systematics and nomenclatural status of the Octopodinae described from the western Atlantic Ocean. <em>Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology,.</em> 586(2): 457-474.
page(s): 460 [details]   

additional source Froriep L.F. von. (1806). <i>Duméril's analytische Zoologie</i>. Weimar. vi + 356 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51136146 [details]   

additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1877). First sketch of a marine invertebrate fauna of the Gulf of Paria and its neighbourhood. <em>Proceedings of the Scientific Association of Trinidad.</em> 2(3): 134-157., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54078108
page(s): 136; note: Attributed to d'Orbigny [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Octopus eudora J. E. Gray, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Octopus geryonea J. E. Gray, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) 
To GenBank (45 nucleotides; 30 proteins) 
To PESI 
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