Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Octopodiformes > Order Octopoda > Suborder Incirrata > Superfamily Octopodoidea > Family Octopodidae > Genus Bathypolypus

Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1849)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bathypolypus*	Grimpe, 1921	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Benthoctopus sasakii*	Robson, 1927	synonym
*Octopus arcticus*	Prosch, 1849	synonym
*Octopus groenlandicus*	Steenstrup, 1856	synonym
*Polypus faeroensis*	Russell, 1909	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: North Atlantic octopus sources: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

English-United States: North Atlantic Octopus

Literature

basis of record	Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin 66:127–154.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	ITIS database
additional source	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
GenBank (7 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Bathypolypus arcticus. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140596