WoRMS taxon details
Octopus bimaculoides Pickford & McConnaughey, 1949
341952 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:341952)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Pickford, G.E. & McConnaughey, B.H. (1949). The <em>Octopus bimaculatus</em> problem: a study in sibling species. <em>Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection.</em> 12(4): 1-66.
page(s): 14 [details]
page(s): 14 [details]
Type locality contained in California
type locality contained in California [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Octopus bimaculoides Pickford & McConnaughey, 1949. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=341952 on 2024-08-24
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original description
Pickford, G.E. & McConnaughey, B.H. (1949). The <em>Octopus bimaculatus</em> problem: a study in sibling species. <em>Bulletin of the Bingham Oceanographic Collection.</em> 12(4): 1-66.
page(s): 14 [details]
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. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date</i>. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls.
page(s): 48 [details]
status source Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. <i>Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin</i> 66:127–154. [details]
page(s): 14 [details]
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. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date</i>. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls.
page(s): 48 [details]
status source Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. <i>Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin</i> 66:127–154. [details]
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From other sources
Habitat coastal [details]
Language | Name | |
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English | mud-flat octopuslesser two-spotted octopuslesser twospotted octopusCalifornia two-spot octopus | [details] |
German | Kalifornischer Zweipunktkrake | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (32 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Octopus bimaculoides)
To GenBank (179506 nucleotides; 29173 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (TAX MOL 574743 Back)
To NMNH Extant Collection (TAX MOL 574745 Back)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Octopus bimaculoides)
To GenBank (179506 nucleotides; 29173 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (TAX MOL 574743 Back)
To NMNH Extant Collection (TAX MOL 574745 Back)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS