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

Callistoctopus furvus (A. Gould, 1852)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Octopus Cuvier, 1798

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

CallistoctopusTaki, 1964accepted genus name

Species group names

Octopus bermudensis Hoyle, 1885 synonym
Octopus chromatus Heilprin, 1888 synonym

Literature

status source

Jesus, M. D.; Sales, J. B. D. L.; Martins, R. S.; Ready, J. S.; Costa, T. A. S.; Ablett, J. D.; Schiavetti, A. (2021). Traditional knowledge aids description when resolving the taxonomic status of unsettled species using classical and molecular taxonomy: The case of the shallow-water octopus Callistoctopus furvus (Gould, 1852) From the western Atlantic Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science. 7: 595244.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Callistoctopus furvus (A. Gould, 1852). 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:534740

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

no data

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Last modified

2024-10-30 by Philippe Bouchet

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