WoRMS taxon details
Callistoctopus furvus (A. Gould, 1852)
534740 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534740)
accepted
Species
Octopus bermudensis Hoyle, 1885 · unaccepted (synonym)
Octopus chromatus Heilprin, 1888 · unaccepted (synonym)
Octopus furvus Gould, 1852 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Octopus furvus Gould, 1852) Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston.</em> 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10991152
page(s): 475, pi. 47 figs 589a-d [details]
page(s): 475, pi. 47 figs 589a-d [details]
Type locality contained in Southeastern Brazil
type locality contained in Southeastern Brazil [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Callistoctopus furvus (A. Gould, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534740 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Octopus bermudensis Hoyle, 1885) Hoyle, W.E. (1885). Diagnoses of new species of Cephalopoda collected during the cruise of H.M.S. Challenger, I: The Octopoda. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> series 5, 15:222-236., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15821176
page(s): 228 [details]
original description (of Octopus furvus Gould, 1852) Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston.</em> 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10991152
page(s): 475, pi. 47 figs 589a-d [details]
original description (of Octopus chromatus Heilprin, 1888) Heilprin, A. (1888). Contributions to the Natural History of the Bermuda Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 40: 302-328., available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4061282.pdf
page(s): 324 [details]
page(s): 228 [details]
original description (of Octopus furvus Gould, 1852) Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston.</em> 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10991152
page(s): 475, pi. 47 figs 589a-d [details]
original description (of Octopus chromatus Heilprin, 1888) Heilprin, A. (1888). Contributions to the Natural History of the Bermuda Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 40: 302-328., available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4061282.pdf
page(s): 324 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Jesus, M. D.; Sales, J. B. D. L.; Martins, R. S.; Ready, J. S.; Costa, T. A. S.; Ablett, J. D.; Schiavetti, A. (2021). Traditional knowledge aids description when resolving the taxonomic status of unsettled species using classical and molecular taxonomy: The case of the shallow-water octopus <i>Callistoctopus furvus</i> (Gould, 1852) From the western Atlantic Ocean. <em>Frontiers in Marine Science.</em> 7: 595244., available online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.595244 [details] Available for editors 
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Octopus bermudensis Hoyle, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Octopus furvus Gould, 1852)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Octopus chromatus Heilprin, 1888)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Callistoctopus furvus)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Octopus furvus Gould, 1852)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Octopus bermudensis Hoyle, 1885)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Octopus chromatus Heilprin, 1888)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Octopus bermudensis Hoyle, 1885)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Octopus furvus Gould, 1852)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Octopus chromatus Heilprin, 1888)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Callistoctopus furvus)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Octopus furvus Gould, 1852)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To PESI (from synonym Octopus bermudensis Hoyle, 1885)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Octopus chromatus Heilprin, 1888)
