WoRMS taxon details
Octopus californicus (S. S. Berry, 1911)
341958 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:341958)
accepted
Species
Polypus californicus S. S. Berry, 1911 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Polypus californicus S. S. Berry, 1911) Berry, S. S. (1911). Preliminary notices of some new Pacific cephalopods. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 40(1838):589-592., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15845891
page(s): 590 [details]
page(s): 590 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Octopus californicus (S. S. Berry, 1911). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=341958 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Polypus californicus S. S. Berry, 1911) Berry, S. S. (1911). Preliminary notices of some new Pacific cephalopods. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 40(1838):589-592., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15845891
page(s): 590 [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): 193 [details]
page(s): 590 [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): 193 [details]
Taxonomy
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]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat deep shelf to slope [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | orange bigeye octopusNorth Pacific bigeye octopusCalifornia octopus | [details] |
| German | Kalifornischer Krake | [details] |
| Russian | Осьминог калифорнийский | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Octopus californicus)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Polypus californicus S. S. Berry, 1911)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Octopus californicus)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Polypus californicus S. S. Berry, 1911)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
