MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Octopus arcticus Prosch, 1849

Deep-Sea name details

Octopus arcticus Prosch, 1849

AphiaID

534730 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534730)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1849)

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Bathypolypus Grimpe, 1921

Parent

Octopus Cuvier, 1798

Original name

Octopus arcticus Prosch, 1849

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

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]

Type data

Note Greenland

Type locality Greenland [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Octopus arcticus Prosch, 1849. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534730 on 2025-05-25

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Octopus arcticus Prosch, 1849. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534730 on 2025-05-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-10-21 18:18:05Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2013-10-28 21:51:32Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2018-02-07 15:28:10Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

[taxonomic tree]

original description 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]

subsequent type designation González-Gómez, R.; Avendaño, O.; De Los Angeles Barriga-Sosa, I.; Bastos, P.; Caamal-Monsreal, C.; Castillo-Estrada, G.; Cedillo-Robles, C.; Daw, A.; Díaz-Santana-Iturrios, M.; Galindo-Cortes, G.; Guerrero-Kommritz, J.; Haimovici, M.; Ibáñez, C. M.; De Lourdes Jiménez-Badillo, M.; Larson, P.; Leite, T.; Lima, F. D.; Markaida, U.; Meiners-Mandujano, C.; Morillo-Velarde, P. S.; Ortiz, N.; Pardo-Gandarillas, M. C.; Pliego-Cárdenas, R.; Ré, M. E.; Siegel, B.; Urbano, B.; Vidal, E. A. G.; Gleadall, I. G. (2024). Biodiversity of octopuses in the Americas. Marine Biology. 171: 189 [1-41 pp]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-024-04489-0
page(s): lectotype designation [details]

From editor or global species database

Type locality Greenland [details]

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