WoRMS name details
Octopus verrilli Hoyle, 1886
534512 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534512)
uncertain > nomen dubium
Species
Octopus pictus A. E. Verrill, 1883 · unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym Octopus...)
Invalid: junior homonym Octopus pictus Blainville, 1826; O. verrilli is a replacement name
- Subspecies Octopus verrilli palliata G. C. Robson, 1929 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Variety Octopus verrilli var. palliata G. C. Robson, 1929 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Octopus verrilli Hoyle, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534512 on 2025-04-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Octopus pictus A. E. Verrill, 1883) 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]
page(s): 112 [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]
