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Amphioctopus polyzenia (J. E. Gray, 1849)

534582  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534582)

  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. Amphioctopus (Genus)
  12. Amphioctopus polyzenia (Species)
accepted
Species
Octopus polyzenia J. E. Gray, 1849 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Octopus polyzenia J. E. Gray, 1849) Gray, J. E. (1849). <i>Catalogue of the Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum I: Cephalopoda antepedia</i>. London: British Museum. 164 pp,. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47563
page(s): 13 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Amphioctopus polyzenia (J. E. Gray, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534582 on 2025-04-04
Date
action
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2010-10-20 13:11:51Z
created
Bouchet, Philippe
2017-11-16 22:19:15Z
changed
Finn, Julian
2024-01-02 17:18:06Z
changed
Auffenberg, Kurt

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Nomenclature

original description (of Octopus polyzenia J. E. Gray, 1849) Gray, J. E. (1849). <i>Catalogue of the Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum I: Cephalopoda antepedia</i>. London: British Museum. 164 pp,. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47563
page(s): 13 [details] 

basis of record 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] 

Other

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. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date</i>. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls.
page(s): 84 [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Octopus polyzenia J. E. Gray, 1849)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient) 

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