WoRMS taxon details
Amphioctopus aegina (J. E. Gray, 1849)
534097 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534097)
accepted
Species
Octopus aegina J. E. Gray, 1849 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Octopus dollfusi G. C. Robson, 1928 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Octopus hardwickei J. E. Gray, 1849 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Octopus smedleyi G. C. Robson, 1932 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Octopus aegina J. E. Gray, 1849) Gray, J. E. (1849). <i>Catalogue of the Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum I: Cephalopoda antepedia</i>. London: British Museum. 164 pp,. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47563
page(s): 7 [details]
page(s): 7 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Amphioctopus aegina (J. E. Gray, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534097 on 2025-04-18
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Octopus aegina J. E. Gray, 1849) Gray, J. E. (1849). <i>Catalogue of the Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum I: Cephalopoda antepedia</i>. London: British Museum. 164 pp,. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47563
page(s): 7 [details]
original description (of Octopus dollfusi G. C. Robson, 1928) Robson, G. C. (1928). Cephalopodes des mers d'Indiochine. <em>Service Oceanographique des Peches de l'Indochine, Station Maritime de Cauda.</em> 10: 1-53.
page(s): 43 [details]
original description (of Octopus hardwickei J. E. Gray, 1849) Gray, J. E. (1849). <i>Catalogue of the Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum I: Cephalopoda antepedia</i>. London: British Museum. 164 pp,. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47563
page(s): 8 [details]
original description (of Octopus smedleyi G. C. Robson, 1932) Robson, G. C. (1932). Report on the Cephalopoda in the Raffles Museum. <em>Bulletin Raffles Museum.</em> 7:21-33., available online at http://blsea.nus.edu.sg/en/persistent/37d67324-151a-4e06-80c3-2c8a3c4268d3
page(s): 24 [details]
basis of record 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): 7 [details]
original description (of Octopus dollfusi G. C. Robson, 1928) Robson, G. C. (1928). Cephalopodes des mers d'Indiochine. <em>Service Oceanographique des Peches de l'Indochine, Station Maritime de Cauda.</em> 10: 1-53.
page(s): 43 [details]
original description (of Octopus hardwickei J. E. Gray, 1849) Gray, J. E. (1849). <i>Catalogue of the Mollusca in the collection of the British Museum I: Cephalopoda antepedia</i>. London: British Museum. 164 pp,. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47563
page(s): 8 [details]
original description (of Octopus smedleyi G. C. Robson, 1932) Robson, G. C. (1932). Report on the Cephalopoda in the Raffles Museum. <em>Bulletin Raffles Museum.</em> 7:21-33., available online at http://blsea.nus.edu.sg/en/persistent/37d67324-151a-4e06-80c3-2c8a3c4268d3
page(s): 24 [details]
basis of record 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]
Identification resource
identification resource
Lu, C.C. & Chung, W.S. (2017). <em>Guide to the cephalopods of Taiwan</em>. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 560 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-2569-4.
page(s): 458 [details]
page(s): 458 [details]
Other
context source (Introduced species)
Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors 
[request]
context source (HKRMS) Gleadall, I. G. (1997). Hong Kong Cephalopada: A brief review of current knowledge and identification of specimens collected in 1995. <em>In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the Eighth International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China IV. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.</em> 503-513. [details]
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.
page(s): 68 [details]
additional source Liu, Y.; Hou, L.; Liu, L.; Sulaman, A.; Muhammad, F. (2023). Mitochondrial DNA reveals two recent diverged lineages in Amphioctopus aegina (Gray, 1849) (Cephalopoda, Octopodidae) across the Leizhou Peninsula: a marine ecoregion barrier. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1179: 299-311., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/96015/list/8/ [details]
[request]context source (HKRMS) Gleadall, I. G. (1997). Hong Kong Cephalopada: A brief review of current knowledge and identification of specimens collected in 1995. <em>In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the Eighth International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China IV. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.</em> 503-513. [details]
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.
page(s): 68 [details]
additional source Liu, Y.; Hou, L.; Liu, L.; Sulaman, A.; Muhammad, F. (2023). Mitochondrial DNA reveals two recent diverged lineages in Amphioctopus aegina (Gray, 1849) (Cephalopoda, Octopodidae) across the Leizhou Peninsula: a marine ecoregion barrier. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1179: 299-311., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/96015/list/8/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal in Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese | Shā-Xiāo | [details] |
| English | sandbird octopus [from synonym]marbled octopus [from synonym] | [details] |
| Japanese | スナダコ [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (155 barcodes)
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Octopus aegina J. E. Gray, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Octopus aegina J. E. Gray, 1849)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Octopus aegina J. E. Gray, 1849)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amphioctopus aegina)
To GenBank (413 nucleotides; 423 proteins)
To GenBank (413 nucleotides; 423 proteins) (from synonym Octopus aegina J. E. Gray, 1849)
To GenBank (413 nucleotides; 423 proteins) (from synonym Octopus dollfusi G. C. Robson, 1928)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Octopus aegina J. E. Gray, 1849)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Octopus aegina J. E. Gray, 1849)
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Octopus aegina J. E. Gray, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Octopus aegina J. E. Gray, 1849)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Octopus aegina J. E. Gray, 1849)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Amphioctopus aegina)
To GenBank (413 nucleotides; 423 proteins)
To GenBank (413 nucleotides; 423 proteins) (from synonym Octopus aegina J. E. Gray, 1849)
To GenBank (413 nucleotides; 423 proteins) (from synonym Octopus dollfusi G. C. Robson, 1928)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Octopus aegina J. E. Gray, 1849)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Octopus aegina J. E. Gray, 1849)
