MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Octopus mimus A. Gould, 1852

WoRMS taxon details

Octopus mimus A. Gould, 1852

AphiaID

342001 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342001)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Octopus Cuvier, 1798

Original name

Octopus mimus A. Gould, 1852

Environment

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

Original description

Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston. 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10991152
page(s): 473, pl. 46, fig. 587(bis) a-e. [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Peruvian Exclusive Economic Zone

type locality contained in Peruvian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Octopus mimus A. Gould, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342001 on 2025-04-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-03-27 18:55:09Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2010-10-25 17:59:26Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2018-02-07 15:28:10Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2023-11-20 18:41:44Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston. 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10991152
page(s): 473, pl. 46, fig. 587(bis) a-e. [details]

basis of record 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]

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

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