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WoRMS taxon details

Octopoda

AphiaID

11718 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:11718)

Classification

Authority

Leach, 1818

Status

accepted

Rank

Order

Parent

Octopodiformes

Direct children (4)

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Suborder Cirrata
Suborder Incirrata
Suborder Palaeoctopoda accepted as Incirrata (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Hectocotylus Cuvier, 1829 (uncertain > nomen dubium)

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Octopoda. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11718 on 2025-04-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

db_admin

2008-03-06 07:11:21Z

changed

Decock, Wim

2009-02-04 10:16:53Z

checked

Gofas, Serge

2018-02-07 15:28:10Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

basis of record An outline for the classification of Phylum Mollusca in taxonomic databases [report elaborated by WoRMS editors for internal use, june 2010] [details]

Other

context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. Revista de Biologia Tropical. 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors