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NARMS name details
Polypus
Leach, 1817
AphiaID
534142
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534142)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Coleoidea
Octopodiformes
Octopoda
Incirrata
Octopodoidea
Octopodidae
Polypus
Status
unaccepted
(ICZN Opinion 233)
Accepted Name
Octopus
Cuvier, 1798
Rank
Genus
Parent
Octopodidae A. d'Orbigny, 1840
Direct children (4)
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Species
Polypus faeroensis
E. S. Russell, 1909
accepted as
Bathypolypus arcticus
(Prosch, 1849)
(
unaccepted
>
junior subjective synonym
)
Species
Polypus normani
Massy, 1907
accepted as
Muusoctopus normani
(Massy, 1907)
accepted as
Muusoctopus januarii
(Hoyle, 1885)
(original combination)
Species
Polypus profundicola
Massy, 1907
accepted as
Bathypolypus ergasticus
(P. Fischer & H. Fischer, 1892)
Species
Polypus scorpio
S. S. Berry, 1920
accepted as
Macrotritopus scorpio
(S. S. Berry, 1920)
(original combination)
Environment
marine,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Original description
Not documented
Taxonomic citation
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase.
Polypus
Leach, 1817. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534142 on 2024-05-13
Regional species database citation
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024). European Register of Marine Species.
Polypus
Leach, 1817. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=534142 on 2024-05-13
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2010-10-17 17:01:16Z
created
Bouchet, Philippe
2018-02-07 15:28:10Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2020-07-18 20:05:46Z
changed
Gofas, Serge
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Sources (0)
Documented distribution (0)
Not documented
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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