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WoRMS name details

Octopus chromatus Heilprin, 1888

534742  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534742)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Cephalopoda (Class)
  5. Coleoidea (Subclass)
  6. Octopodiformes (Superorder)
  7. Octopoda (Order)
  8. Incirrata (Suborder)
  9. Octopodoidea (Superfamily)
  10. Octopodidae (Family)
  11. Octopus (Genus)
  12. Octopus chromatus (Species)
 unaccepted (synonym)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Heilprin, A. (1888). Contributions to the Natural History of the Bermuda Islands. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 40: 302-328., available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4061282.pdf
page(s): 324 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Octopus chromatus Heilprin, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534742 on 2025-04-08
Date
action
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2010-10-21 18:18:05Z
created
Bouchet, Philippe
2017-11-18 07:10:58Z
changed
Finn, Julian

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Nomenclature

original description Heilprin, A. (1888). Contributions to the Natural History of the Bermuda Islands. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 40: 302-328., available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4061282.pdf
page(s): 324 [details] 

Taxonomy

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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