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WoRMS taxon details

Bathypolypus Grimpe, 1921

AphiaID

138265 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138265)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Octopus arcticus Prosch, 1849 accepted as Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1849) (type by original designation)

Typetaxon of

Bathypolypodinae G. C. Robson, 1929

Parent

Bathypolypodidae G. C. Robson, 1929

Synonymised names

Atlantoctopus Grimpe, 1921 · unaccepted

Benthoctopus Grimpe, 1921 · unaccepted (synonym)

Direct children (15)

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Species Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1849)
Species Bathypolypus bairdii (A. E. Verrill, 1873)
Species Bathypolypus ergasticus (P. Fischer & H. Fischer, 1892)
Species Bathypolypus pugniger Muus, 2002
Species Bathypolypus rubrostictus Kaneko & Kubodera, 2008
Species Bathypolypus sponsalis (P. Fischer & H. Fischer, 1892)
Species Bathypolypus valdiviae (Thiele, 1915)
Species Bathypolypus faeroensis (E. S. Russell, 1909) accepted as Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Bathypolypus grimpei G. C. Robson, 1924 accepted as Bathypolypus valdiviae (Thiele, 1915) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Bathypolypus groenlandicus Dewhurst, 1856 accepted as Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1849) (synonym)
Species Bathypolypus lentus (A. E. Verrill, 1880) accepted as Bathypolypus bairdii (A. E. Verrill, 1873) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Bathypolypus obesus (A. E. Verrill, 1880) accepted as Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Bathypolypus proschi Muus, 1962 accepted as Bathypolypus bairdii (A. E. Verrill, 1873) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Bathypolypus salebrosus (Sasaki, 1920) accepted as Sasakiopus salebrosus (Sasaki, 1920)
Species Bathypolypus sasakii G. C. Robson, 1927 accepted as Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1849) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Bathypolypus Grimpe, 1921. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138265 on 2024-11-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2006-09-06 06:55:51Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2010-09-26 17:15:50Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2015-02-14 13:10:31Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2018-02-07 15:28:10Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2019-04-07 22:14:06Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Muus, B. (2002). The Bathypolypus-Benthoctopus problem of the North Atlantic (Octopodinae, Cephalopoda). Malacologia. 44(2): 175-222., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13143410 [details]

additional 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. [details]