Taxonomy Profile: Octopus verrucosus (Hoyle 1885)

Octopus verrucosus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Octopus verrucosus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Protostomia
Superdivision : Lophozoa
Phylum : Mollusca
molluscs |
mollusks |
molusco |
mollusques |
Class : Cephalopoda
octopuses |
squids |
cefalopode |
lula |
náutilo |
polvo |
calmars |
encornets |
pieuvres |
poulpes |
Subclass : Coleoidea
Superorder : Octobrachia
Order : Octopoda
Suborder : Incirrina
Family : Octopodidae
Subfamily : Octopodinae
Genus : Octopus
Octopus verrucosus Direct Children(s):
Octopus verrucosus: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Michael J. Sweeney
Notes:
Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, 10th and Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Octopus verrucosus
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Hoyle, W. E.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1885-01-01 / 1885-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Diagnosis of new species of Cephalopoda collected during the cruise of H.M.S. "Challenger" - I. The Octopoda
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (series 5) 15
Page(s):
222-236
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Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
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Notes:
Year 1885b.
Reference for:
Octopus verrucosus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Sweeney, M. J. and C. F. E. Roper / N. A. Voss, M. Vecchione, R. B. Toll and M. J. Sweeney, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1998-01-01 / 1998-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Classification, type localities and type repositories of recent Cephalopoda
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II)
Page(s):
561-599
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, D. C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
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Notes:
Reference for:
Octopus verrucosus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Voss, G. L. and R. B. Toll / N. A. Voss, M. Veccione, R. B. Toll and M. J. Sweeney, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1998-01-01 / 1998-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
The systematics and nomenclatural status of the Octopodinae described from the western Atlantic Ocean
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II)
Page(s):
457-474
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, D. C., USA
ISBN/ISSN:
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Notes:
Reference for:
Octopus verrucosus
Octopus verrucosus: Geographic Information
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Octopus verrucosus: Comments
Comment:
Taxon Validity: [fide Voss and Toll (1998)]. Repository: BMNH Syntypes (2) 1889.4.24.16 (one male not found) [fide J.A. Freeman (pers. comm.)]. Type Locality: Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cunha