WoRMS name details
Octopus obesus A. E. Verrill, 1880
534737 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534737)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Verrill, A.E. (1880). Notice of recent additions to the marine fauna of the eastern coast of North America. No. 8. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> ser. 3(19): 137-140., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36842475
page(s): 137 [details]
page(s): 137 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Octopus obesus A. E. Verrill, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534737 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Verrill, A.E. (1880). Notice of recent additions to the marine fauna of the eastern coast of North America. No. 8. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> ser. 3(19): 137-140., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36842475
page(s): 137 [details]
page(s): 137 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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]
status 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): 85 [details]
status 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): 85 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Gofas, S.; Luque, Á. A.; Templado, J.; Salas, C. (2017). A national checklist of marine Mollusca in Spanish waters. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 81(2) : 241-254, and supplementary online material., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04543.21a [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
