MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Octopus lentus A. E. Verrill, 1880

ERMS name details

Octopus lentus A. E. Verrill, 1880

AphiaID

534736 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534736)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Bathypolypus bairdii (A. E. Verrill, 1872)

Rank

Species

Parent

Octopus Cuvier, 1798

Original name

Octopus lentus A. E. Verrill, 1880

Environment

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

Original description

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): 138 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Octopus lentus A. E. Verrill, 1880. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=534736 on 2025-05-27

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Octopus lentus A. E. Verrill, 1880. Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534736 on 2025-05-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-10-21 18:18:05Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2018-02-07 15:28:10Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2023-06-18 00:21:19Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

Licensing

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original description 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): 138 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Gofas, S.; Luque, Á. A.; Templado, J.; Salas, C. (2017). A national checklist of marine Mollusca in Spanish waters. Scientia Marina. 81(2) : 241-254, and supplementary online material., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04543.21a [details]

source of synonymy Muus, B. (2002). The Bathypolypus-Benthoctopus problem of the North Atlantic (Octopodinae, Cephalopoda). Malacologia. 44(2): 175-222., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13143410 [details]

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

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Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS