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

Octopus salutii Vérany, 1839

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Octopus*	Cuvier, 1798	accepted genus name
*Polypus*	Leach, 1817	synonym

Species group names

*Octopus saluzzii*	Vérany, 1840	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: spider octopus sources: van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO).

German: Schirmkrake; Schirm-Oktopus sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Greek: Χταπόδι αράχνη

Literature

original description	Vérany, J.B. (1839). Mémoire sur six nouvelles espèces de Céphalopodes trouves dans la Méditerranée a Nice. Memorie della Realle Accademia delle Scienze di Torino. (2) 1: 91–98, 6 plates.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	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	Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin 66:127–154.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Octopus salutii Vérany, 1839. 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:140604