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

Bathypolypus ergasticus (P. Fischer & H. Fischer, 1892)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bathypolypus*	Grimpe, 1921	accepted genus name
*Benthoctopus*	Grimpe, 1921	synonym

Species group names

*Benthoctopus ergasticus*	(P. Fischer & H. Fischer, 1892)	synonym
*Octopus ergasticus*	P. Fischer & H. Fischer, 1892	synonym
*Octopus lothei*	Chun, 1913	synonym
*Polypus profundicola*	Massy, 1907	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.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bathypolypus ergasticus (P. Fischer & H. Fischer, 1892). 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:527146

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Occurrence

Present

Absent

Doubtful

Native

Introduced

Naturalised

Invasive

Managed

No data

Environment

marine, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

CITES:
appendix 1 This species is listed on the CITES Appendix I which means it is threatened with extinction and CITES prohibits international trade in specimens of these species except when the purpose of the import is not commercial, for instance for scientific research.