Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Octopodiformes > Order Octopoda > Suborder Incirrata > Superfamily Octopodoidea > Family Enteroctopodidae > Genus Muusoctopus

Muusoctopus johnsonianus (Allcock, Strugnell, Ruggiero & M. A. Collins, 2006)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Muusoctopus*	Gleadall, 2004	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Benthoctopus johnsoniana*	[sic]	synonym
*Benthoctopus johnsonianus*	Allcock, Strugnell, Ruggiero & M. A. Collins, 2006	synonym

Literature

additional source	Golikov, A. V.; Gudmundsson, G.; Blicher, M. E.; Jørgensen, L. L.; Korneeva, E. I.; Olafsdottir, S. H.; Shagimardanova, E. I.; Shigapova, L. H.; Zakharov, D. V.; Zimina, O. L.; Sabirov, R. M. (2023). A review of the genus Muusoctopus (Cephalopoda: Octopoda) from Arctic waters. Zoological Letters. 9(21): 1-39.
new combination reference	Gleadall I.G., Guerrero-Kommritz J., Hochberg F.G. & Laptikhovsky V.V. (2010) The inkless octopuses (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) of the Southwest Atlantic. Zoological Science 27:528-553.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Muusoctopus johnsonianus (Allcock, Strugnell, Ruggiero & M. A. Collins, 2006). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:527154