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 sponsalis (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

*Octopus sponsalis*	P. Fischer & H. Fischer, 1892	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Greek: Σφαιροχτάποδο

Literature

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. Bathypolypus sponsalis (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:140598