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Octopus americanus Froriep, 1806

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

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
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] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Octopus americanus Froriep, 1806. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=749548 on 2024-10-31
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2014-01-30 12:11:24Z
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2018-02-07 15:28:10Z
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original description 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] 

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 Guppy, R. J. L. (1879). First sketch of a marine invertebrate fauna of the Gulf of Paria and its neighbourhood. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 2: 151-172., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31584869
page(s): 153; note: Attributed to Orbigny [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 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] 

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] 

additional source Guppy, R. J. L. (1895). The Molluska of the Gulf of Paria. <em>Proceedings of the Victoria Institute of Trinidad.</em> Pt. 2: 116-152., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54372323
page(s): 122; note: Attributed to Orbigny [details] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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