WoRMS taxon details
Octopus insularis Leite & Haimovici, 2008
457762 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:457762)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Leite T.S., Haimovici M., Molina W. & Warnke K. 2008. Morphological and genetic description of <i>Octopus insularis</i>, a new cryptic species in the <i>Octopus vulgaris</i> complex (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from the tropical southwestern Atlantic. <i>Journal of Molluscan Studies</i>, 74: 63-74 [details] Available for editors 
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Type locality contained in Brazil
type locality contained in Brazil [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Octopus insularis Leite & Haimovici, 2008. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457762 on 2025-04-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Leite T.S., Haimovici M., Molina W. & Warnke K. 2008. Morphological and genetic description of <i>Octopus insularis</i>, a new cryptic species in the <i>Octopus vulgaris</i> complex (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from the tropical southwestern Atlantic. <i>Journal of Molluscan Studies</i>, 74: 63-74 [details] Available for editors [request]
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status source
González-Gómez, R.; Avendaño, O.; De Los Angeles Barriga-Sosa, I.; Bastos, P.; Caamal-Monsreal, C.; Castillo-Estrada, G.; Cedillo-Robles, C.; Daw, A.; Díaz-Santana-Iturrios, M.; Galindo-Cortes, G.; Guerrero-Kommritz, J.; Haimovici, M.; Ibáñez, C. M.; De Lourdes Jiménez-Badillo, M.; Larson, P.; Leite, T.; Lima, F. D.; Markaida, U.; Meiners-Mandujano, C.; Morillo-Velarde, P. S.; Ortiz, N.; Pardo-Gandarillas, M. C.; Pliego-Cárdenas, R.; Ré, M. E.; Siegel, B.; Urbano, B.; Vidal, E. A. G.; Gleadall, I. G. (2024). Biodiversity of octopuses in the Americas. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 171: 189: 1-41., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-024-04489-0 [details]
Other
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. <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. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Brazil reef octopus | [details] |
