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 januarii (Hoyle, 1885)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Polypus Leach, 1817

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Muusoctopus*	Gleadall, 2004	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Benthoctopus normani*	(Massy, 1907)	synonym
*Muusoctopus normani*	(Massy, 1907)	synonym
*Octopus januarii*	Hoyle, 1885	synonym

Literature

basis of record	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. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO]. 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls.
additional source	Gleadall, I.G. (2013). A molecular sequence proxy for Muusoctopus januarii and calibration of recent divergence among a group of mesobenthic octopuses. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 447: 106–122.
additional source	Ibáñez, C.M., Pardo-Gandarillas, M.C., Peña, F., Gleadall, I.G., Poulin, E. & Sellanes, J. (2016). Phylogeny and biogeography of Muusoctopus (Cephalopoda: Enteroctopodidae). Zoologica Scripta. 45: 494-503.
new combination reference	Gleadall, I. G. (2004). Some old and new genera of Octopus. Interdisciplinary Information Sciences. 10(2): 99-112.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Muusoctopus januarii (Hoyle, 1885). 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:527149