Taxonavigation

Familia: Octopodidae
Subfamilia: Octopodinae
Genus: Octopus
Species: Octopus vulgaris

Name

Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797: 381

Type locality: Coast of France.

Mentions

• Octopus vulgare Cuvier, 1797: 381.—Hemming, 1954: 278, 288, 291-293.
• Octopus vulgaris Lamarck, 1798: 130.—Stearns, 1893: 339.—Robson, 1929: 57–62.—Adam, 1952: 117–125.—Pickford, 1955: 156.—Lane, 1957: 221.
• Octopus occidentalis Hoyle, 1886: 77

References

• Cuvier G.L. 1797. Tableau élementaire de l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux. Paris pp. XVI + 710. (see page 381.)

• Mangold, K. & Hochberg, F.G. 1991. Defining the genus Octopus: redescription of Octopus vulgaris. Bulletin of Marine Science 49: 665. Online (with PDF download). Reference page. 
• Quinteiro, J., Baibai, T.. Oukhattar, L., Soukri, A., Seixas, P. & Rey-Méndez, M. 2011. Multiple paternity in the common octopus Octopus vulgaris (Cuvier, 1797), as revealed by microsatellite DNA analysis. Molluscan research 31(1): 15–20. Abstract (with link to full article).

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