WoRMS name details
Octopus tenebricus E. A. Smith, 1884
342033 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342033)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Smith, E. A. (1884). Mollusca. pp. 34-116; 487-508 in: <i>Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H. M. S. Alert 1881-2</i>. Part I. The collections from Melanesia; Part II. Collections from the western Indian Ocean. London: The Trustees [of the British Museum (Natural History)]. xxv, 684 pp., 54 plates. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63054
page(s): 35, pl. 4, figs B-B3. [details]
page(s): 35, pl. 4, figs B-B3. [details]
Type locality contained in Central and Southern Great Barrier Reef
type locality contained in Central and Southern Great Barrier Reef [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Octopus tenebricus E. A. Smith, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342033 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
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Smith, E. A. (1884). Mollusca. pp. 34-116; 487-508 in: <i>Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H. M. S. Alert 1881-2</i>. Part I. The collections from Melanesia; Part II. Collections from the western Indian Ocean. London: The Trustees [of the British Museum (Natural History)]. xxv, 684 pp., 54 plates. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63054
page(s): 35, pl. 4, figs B-B3. [details]
page(s): 35, pl. 4, figs B-B3. [details]
Other
additional source
Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. <i>Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin</i> 66:127–154. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
