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

Deep-Sea name details

Octopus obesus A. E. Verrill, 1880

AphiaID

534737 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534737)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Accepted name

Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1849)

Rank

Species

Parent

Octopus Cuvier, 1798

Original name

Octopus obesus 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): 137 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Octopus obesus A. E. Verrill, 1880. 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=534737 on 2025-05-24

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Octopus obesus A. E. Verrill, 1880. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534737 on 2025-05-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-10-21 18:18:05Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2018-02-07 15:28:10Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2020-04-14 10:32:02Z

changed

Finn, Julian

2023-06-18 00:21:19Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

[taxonomic tree]

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

status 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.
page(s): 85 [details]