Octopus (genus)

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Octopus
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Octopus vulgaris
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Octopodidae
Subfamily: Octopodinae
Genus: Octopus
Cuvier, 1797
Type species
Octopus vulgaris
Cuvier, 1797
Species

Over 100, see text.

Octopus is the largest genus of octopuses, comprising about 100 species. These species are widespread throughout the world's oceans. Many species formerly placed in the genus Octopus are now assigned to other genera within the family. [1] [2]

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Species

The following species are species inquirenda; species needing further investigation and redescription to determine whether they belong within this genus. The species listed with an asterisk (*) are questionable and need further study to determine if they are valid species or synonyms; [8]

Species brought into synonymy
List of synonyms in the genus Octopus

The following is part of a maximum likelihood phylogenetic tree based on 13 protein-coding genes partitioned by codon, and nodes with less than 70% bootstrap support are collapsed, forming polytomies. As depicted here, genus Octopus () is polyphyletic: [9]

Bathypolypodidae

Enteroctopodidae

References

  1. Gofas, S. (2013). "Octopus Cuvier 1798". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  2. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Octopus Cuvier, 1798. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138268 on 2015-02-01
  3. Kaneko, N. & Kubodera, T. (2008). "Two new species of pygmy octopuses (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from deep water off the Ryukyu Archipelago, southern Japan." Molluscan Research28(3): 145–157.
  4. 1 2 3 Huffard, C.L. (2007). Four new species of shallow water pygmy octopus (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) from the Kingdom of Tonga. Molluscan Research27(3): 147–170.
  5. Octopus hummelincki Adam, 1936 (Mollusca, Cephalopoda): specific name conserved Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Leite, T. S.; Haimovici, M.; Molina, W.; Warnke, K. (2007). "Morphological and genetic description of Octopus insularis, a new cryptic species in the Octopus vulgaris complex (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from the tropical southwestern Atlantic" (PDF). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 74 (1): 63–74. doi: 10.1093/mollus/eym050 .
  7. Pratt, Abigail; Baldwin, Carole; Vecchione, Michael (2020-04-01). "Octopods of deep reefs off Curaçao, southern Caribbean including description of one newly discovered species" . Bulletin of Marine Science. 96 (2): 297–308. doi:10.5343/bms.2019.0040. S2CID   204130456.
  8. Sweeney, M.J. (2001). "Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-05. Retrieved 2012-12-03. – updated May 4, 2001. 59 pp.
  9. M. Taite; F.Á. Fernández-Álvarez; H.E. Braid; S.L. Bush; K. Bolstad; J. Drewery; S. Mills; J.M. Strugnell; M. Vecchione; R. Villanueva; J.R. Voight; A.L. Allcock (May 2023). "Genome skimming elucidates the evolutionary history of Octopoda". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 182. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107729.