Octopus globosus

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• Common Names
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• Notes

Overview

Subgenus : Octopus

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Genus Octopus

A marine mollusk with eight long arms furnished with sucker disks.

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 18-Jul-2002

Similar Species

Members of the genus Octopus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 119 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

O. abaculus (Krake) · O. aculeatus (Krake) · O. alatus (Krake) · O. alecto (Krake) · O. alpheus (Capricorn Night Octopus) · O. araneoides (Krake) · O. arborescens (Krake) · O. areolatus (Krake) · O. aspilosomatis (Krake) · O. australis (Hammer Octopus) · O. balboai (Krake) · O. berrima (Krake) · O. bimaculatus (California Two-Spot Octopus) · O. bimaculoides (California Two-Spot Octopus) · O. bocki (Bock's Pygmy Octopus) · O. briareus (Caribbean Reef Octopus) · O. brocki (Krake) · O. bunurong (Krake) · O. burryi (Brownstripe Octopus) · O. californicus (California Bigeye Octopus) · O. campbelli (Krake) · O. capricornicus (Krake) · O. carolinensis (Carolinian Octopus) · O. chierchiae (Krake) · O. conispadiceus (Chestnut Octopus) · O. cyanea (Big Blue Octopus) · O. defilippi (Atlantic Longarm Octopus) · O. dierythraeus (Krake) · O. digueti (Diguet's Pygmy Octopus) · O. exannulatus (Krake) · O. fangsiao etchuanus (Gold-Spot Octopus) · O. fangsiao typicus (Gold-Spot Octopus) · O. favonius (Krake) · O. filamentosus (Krake) · O. filosus (Bumblebee Octopus) · O. fitchi (Fitch's Pygmy Octopus) · O. fujitai (Krake) · O. gardineri (Krake) · O. gibbsi (Krake) · O. globosus (Deyyapu-Kandavaya) · O. graptus (Krake) · O. guangdongensis (Krake) · O. hardwickei (Krake) · O. hattai (Krake) · O. horridus (Krake) · O. hubbsorum (Hubb's Octopus) · O. joubini (Atlantic Pygmy Octopus) · O. kagoshimensis (Krake) · O. kaharoa (Krake) · O. kaurna (Krake) · O. lechenaultii (Krake) · O. lobensis (Krake) · O. longispadiceus (Krake) · O. luteus (Krake) · O. macropus (Atlantic White-Spotted Octopus) · O. maorum (Krake) · O. marginatus (Krake) · O. maya (Krake) · O. membranaceus (Krake) · O. mercatoris (Krake) · O. mernoo (Krake) · O. microphthalmus (Krake) · O. micropyrsus (California Lilliput Octopus) · O. mimus (Krake) · O. minor minor (Krake) · O. minor pardalis (Krake) · O. minor typicus (Krake) · O. mototi (Krake) · O. mutilans (Krake) · O. nanhaiensis (Krake) · O. nanus (Krake) · O. neglectus (Krake) · O. niveus (Krake) · O. nocturnus (Krake) · O. occidentalis (Krake) · O. ochotensis (Krake) · O. oculifer (Galapagos Reef Octopus) · O. oliveri (Krake) · O. ornatus (Krake) · O. oshimai (Krake) · O. ovulum (Krake) · O. pallidus (Krake) · O. parvus (Japanese Pygmy Octopus) · O. penicillifer (Krake) · O. pentherinus (Krake) · O. polypus (Red-Spot Mudsucker) · O. polyzenia (Krake) · O. prashadi (Krake) · O. pumilus (Krake) · O. pyrum (Krake) · O. rapanui (Krake) · O. rex (Krake) · O. robsoni (Krake) · O. roosevelti (Krake) · O. rubescens (East Pacific Red Octopus) · O. salutii (Krake) · O. sanctaehelenae (Krake) · O. sasakii (Krake) · O. selene (Krake) · O. siamensis (Krake)

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Further Reading

• Catalogue of the marine mollusks of Japan, with descriptions of new species and notes on others collected by Frederick Stearns, by Henry A. Pilsbry. .. Detroit, Frederick Stearns, 1895. url , .
• Records of the Indian Museum. Calcutta: Pub. by order of the trustees of the Indian Museum, . 1907-1962. url p. 202.
• Report on the Cephalopoda collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 / by William Evans Hoyle. Edinburgh?: s.n., 1886 url p. 9.
• Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. London: [The Society], 1879- url p. 19, p. 24.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• CephBase
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• Ocean Biogeographic Information System. Accessed March 06, 2006. www.iobis.org
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• Wood, James (from CephBase).

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:

• National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2695150
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-555994
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 555994
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 260083

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