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Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1849)

140596  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140596)

accepted
Species
Bathypolypus faeroensis (E. S. Russell, 1909) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bathypolypus obesus (A. E. Verrill, 1880) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bathypolypus sasakii G. C. Robson, 1927 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Benthoctopus sasakii G. C. Robson, 1927 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Octopus groenlandicus Dewhurst, 1856 · unaccepted (synonym)
Octopus obesus A. E. Verrill, 1880 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Polypus faeroensis E. S. Russell, 1909 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Octopus arcticus Prosch, 1849) Prosch V. 1849. Nogle nye Cephalopoder, beskrevne og anatomisk undersögte. Det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskabs skrifter. Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk afdeling, (5) 1: 53-72, 1 plate , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13602329
page(s): 59, pl. fig. 1-3 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140596 on 2025-05-25
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2010-10-17 13:28:46Z
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Nomenclature

original description (of Octopus arcticus Prosch, 1849) Prosch V. 1849. Nogle nye Cephalopoder, beskrevne og anatomisk undersögte. Det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskabs skrifter. Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk afdeling, (5) 1: 53-72, 1 plate , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13602329
page(s): 59, pl. fig. 1-3 [details] 

original description (of Polypus faeroensis E. S. Russell, 1909) Russell, E. S. (1909). Preliminary notice on the Cephalopoda collected by the Fishery Cruiser 'Goldseeker,' 1903-1908. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, eighth series. 3(59): 446-455., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071819
page(s): 446-449 [details] 

original description (of Octopus groenlandicus Dewhurst, 1856) Steenstrup, J. (1856). Hectoctyldannelsen hos Octopodslaegterne Argonauta og Tremoctopus, oplyst ved Iagttagelse af lignende Dannelser hos Blacksprutterne i Almindelighed. Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, 5 Raekke, Naturvidenskabelig og Mathematisk,. 4:185-216, 2 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13590714
page(s): 202, t 2, fig 2 [details] 

original description (of Octopus obesus A. E. Verrill, 1880) Verrill, A.E. (1880). Notice of recent additions to the marine fauna of the eastern coast of North America. No. 8. American Journal of Science. ser. 3(19): 137-140., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36842475
page(s): 137 [details] 

basis of record Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin 66:127–154. [details] 

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

additional source Norman 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] 

additional source Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

 
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 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unknown type SBMNH 145107 [details]
Unreviewed
Habitat neritic to bathyal [details]
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LanguageName 
English spoonarm octopusoffshore octopusNorth Atlantic octopusArctic deepsea octopus  [details]
German Arktischer Tiefenkrake  [details]
Russian Батиполипус арктический  [details]
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