MolluscaBase - Octopus pictus A. E. Verrill, 1883

MolluscaBase name details

Octopus pictus A. E. Verrill, 1883

AphiaID

534583 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534583)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym Octopus pictus Blainville, 1826; O. verrilli is a replacement name)

Accepted name

Octopus verrilli Hoyle, 1886

Rank

Species

Parent

Octopus Cuvier, 1798

Original name

Octopus pictus A. E. Verrill, 1883

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Verrill, A. E. (1883). Supplementary report on the "Blake" cephalopods. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 11(5): 105-115., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30397620
page(s): 112 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Octopus pictus A. E. Verrill, 1883. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php/10.1371/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534583 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-10-20 13:11:51Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2018-02-07 15:28:10Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-09-21 00:32:45Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (1)

original description Verrill, A. E. (1883). Supplementary report on the "Blake" cephalopods. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 11(5): 105-115., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30397620
page(s): 112 [details]