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Octopus Cuvier 1798

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Octopus Cuvier 1798
Genus recognized by Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Octopus
Recognized by FAO Fishery Statistics
Octopus
Family recognized by Protists in Singapore
Octopus
Genus recognized by Saint Kitts and Nevis Species List, Turks and Caicos Islands Species List, Sulu Sea Species List, Timor Sea Species List, United Kingdom Species List, South Atlantic Species List, Afghanistan Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Pacific Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Sea Species List, Celtic Sea Species List, Irish Sea Species List, English Channel Species List, Adriatic Sea Species List, Balearic Sea Species List, Strait of Gibraltar Species List, Ionian Sea Species List, Ligurian Sea Species List, Tyrrhenian Sea Species List, Hudson Strait Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, Gulf of Aqaba Species List, Red Sea Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Laccadive Sea Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Andaman Sea Species List, Malacca Strait Species List, Great Australian Bight Species List, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Species, Caribbean Sea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Labrador Sea Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Eastern China Sea Species List, Yellow Sea Species List, Seto Inland Sea Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, Sea of Okhostk Species List, Gulf of California Species List, South China Sea Species List, Gulf of Thailand Species List, Solomon Sea Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, The Netherlands Species List, South Africa Species List, South Korea Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, Turkey Species List, Delete- old US Species List, Venezuela Species List, Taiwan Species List, Norfolk Island Species List, Saint Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Savu Sea Species List, New Zealand Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Niue, Palau Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Portugal Species List, Seychelles Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Mariana Islands Species List, Makassar Strait Species List, Molukka Sea Species List, Ireland Species List, Israel Species List, Italy Species List, Madagascar Species List, Maldives Species List, Marshall Islands Species List, Mauritius Species List, Mexico Species List, Mozambique Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Guam Species List, Federated States of Micronesia Species List, France Species List, Honduras Species List, Guatemala Species List, Ecuador Species List, Flores Sea Species List, Greece Species List, Haiti Species List, Indonesia Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Cayman Islands Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Barbados Species List, Belize Species List, Belgium Species List, Dominica Species List, Cyprus Species List, Croatia Species List, Chile Species List, Colombia Species List, Chad Species List, Celebes Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Bass Strait Species List, Bay of Biscay Species List, Cocos Islands, Argentina Species List, Bali Sea Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Banda Sea Species List, Aegean Sea Species List, Australia Species List, Ceram Sea Species List, Cape Verde Species List, India Species List, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Brazil Species List, CephBase, Canada Species List, China Species List, Japan Species List, Philippines Species List, Egypt Species List, Cape Verde Species List, Ceram Sea Species List, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Alboran Sea Species List, wikipedia AF, Panama Species List, Wikidata, United States Species List, PBDB in DwCA, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Wikimedia Commons
Octopus
Recognized by iNaturalist, Furui 2020, and Flickr Group
Octopus Cuvier 1798
Genus recognized by TreatmentBank
Octopus Vulgaris
Recognized by Flickr Group

Alternative Names

Octopus
Harvest ancestor according to GBIF classification, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, NMNH type specimens, Flickr Group, Flickr Group, Flickr Group, and TreatmentBank

Common Names

Akan

Posena preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Arabic

أخطبوط preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Bulgarian

същински октоподи preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Chinese

章鱼属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Czech

chobotnice preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Esperanto

Polpo preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

French

poulpe preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

German

Oktopus preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Hindi

ऑक्टोपस preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Japanese

マダコ属 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and Wikidata

Korean

낙지속 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Low Saxon

Kraken an sik preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Malayalam

നീരാളി preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Navajo; Navaho

Łóóʼ bigaan tseebíí íiyisígíí preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Russian

осьминоги preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Telugu

అక్టోపస్ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
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Curated hierarchies for Octopus Cuvier 1798

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Cephalopoda Cuvier 1795
Coleoidea Bather 1888
Octopodiformes Berthold & Engeser 1987
Octopoda Leach 1818
Incirrata
Octopodoidea d'Orbigny 1840
Octopodidae d'Orbigny 1840
Octopus Cuvier 1798 (this page)
Octopus alatus (Sasaki 1920)
Octopus alberti Joubin 1895
Octopus alecto Berry 1953
Octopus amboinensis Brock 1887
Octopus americanus Froriep 1806
Octopus aranea d'Orbigny 1834
Octopus araneoides Taki 1964
Octopus arborescens (Hoyle 1904)
Octopus argus F. Krauss 1848
Octopus australis Hoyle 1885
Octopus balboai Voss 1971
Octopus bandensis Hoyle 1885
Octopus berenice Gray 1849
Octopus berrima Stranks & Norman 1992
Octopus bimaculatus Verrill 1883
Octopus bimaculoides Pickford & McConnaughey 1949
Octopus bocki Adam 1941
Octopus brevipes d'Orbigny 1835
Octopus briareus Robson 1929
Octopus bulbus Norman 2001
Octopus caerulescens Blainville 1826
Octopus californicus (Berry 1911)
Octopus capensis Souleyet 1852
Octopus cephea Gray 1849
Octopus chierchiae Jatta 1889
Octopus chuni Grimpe 1922
Octopus ciliatus Rang 1837
Octopus conispadiceus (Sasaki 1917)
Octopus cornutus Owen 1881
Octopus cyanea Gray 1849
Octopus diminutus Kaneko & Kubodera 2008
Octopus dubius Souleyet 1852
Octopus elegans Brock 1887
Octopus favonius Gray 1849
Octopus filamentosus Blainville 1826
Octopus fitchi Berry 1953
Octopus fujitai Sasaki 1929
Octopus fusiformis Brock 1887
Octopus gardineri (Hoyle 1905)
Octopus globosus Appellöf 1886
Octopus gorgonus Huffard 2007
Octopus harpedon Norman 2001
Octopus hattai (Sasaki 1929)
Octopus hawaiiensis Eydoux & Souleyet 1852
Octopus hoeki Joubin 1898
Octopus hongkongensis (Hoyle 1885)
Octopus hubbsorum Berry 1953
Octopus humilis Huffard 2007
Octopus hummelincki Adam 1936
Octopus hyadesi Rochebrune & Mabille 1889
Octopus hyalinus Rang 1837
Octopus incella Kaneko & Kubodera 2007
Octopus incertus Targioni-Tozzetti 1869
Octopus inconspicuus Brock 1887
Octopus insularis Leite & Haimovici 2008
Octopus jeraldi Pratt, Baldwin & Vecchione 2020
Octopus jollyorum A. Reid & N. G. Wilson 2015
Octopus joubini Robson 1929
Octopus kaharoa O'Shea 1999
Octopus kapalae Mitchell & A. Reid 2017
Octopus kaurna Stranks 1990
Octopus laqueus Kaneko & Kubodera 2005
Octopus longispadiceus (Sasaki 1917)
Octopus machikii Brock 1887
Octopus madokai Berry 1921
Octopus mariles Huffard 2007
Octopus maya Voss & Solís 1966
Octopus medoria Gray 1849
Octopus microphthalmus Goodrich 1896
Octopus micropyrsus Berry 1953
Octopus micros Norman 2001
Octopus mimus Gould 1852
Octopus minor (Sasaki 1920)
Octopus mollis Gould 1852
Octopus monterosatoi Fra Piero 1895
Octopus moschites Carus 1824
Octopus mutilans Taki 1942
Octopus nanhaiensis Dong 1976
Octopus nanus Adam 1973
Octopus niveus Lesson 1831
Octopus occidentalis Steenstrup ex Hoyle 1886
Octopus ochotensis (Sasaki 1920)
Octopus oculifer (Hoyle 1904)
Octopus oliveri (Berry 1914)
Octopus oshimai (Sasaki 1929)
Octopus pallidus Hoyle 1885
Octopus parvus (Sasaki 1917)
Octopus penicillifer Berry 1954
Octopus pentherinus Rochebrune & Mabille 1889
Octopus peronii Lesueur 1821
Octopus pictus Blainville 1826
Octopus prashadi Adam 1939
Octopus pricei Berry 1913
Octopus pumilus Norman & Sweeney 1997
Octopus pusillus Gould 1852
Octopus pustulosus Blainville 1826
Octopus pyrum Norman, Hochberg & Lu 1997
Octopus rubescens Berry 1953
Octopus salutii Vérany 1836
Octopus sanctaehelenae Robson 1929
Octopus saphenia Gray 1849
Octopus sasakii Taki 1942
Octopus selene Voss 1971
Octopus sinensis d'Orbigny 1834
Octopus spinosus Sasaki 1920
Octopus stictochrus Voss 1971
Octopus superciliosus Quoy & Gaimard 1832
Octopus taganga Guerrero-Kommritz & Camelo-Guarin 2016
Octopus tayrona Guerrero-Kommritz & Camelo-Guarin 2016
Octopus tehuelchus d'Orbigny
Octopus tenuipulvinus Sasaki 1920
Octopus tetricus Gould 1852
Octopus teuthoides Robson 1929
Octopus tsugarensis Sasaki 1920
Octopus validus Sasaki 1920
Octopus variabilis (Sasaki 1929)
Octopus variolatus Blainville 1826
Octopus veligero Berry 1953
Octopus ventricosus Grant 1827
Octopus venustus Rang 1837
Octopus verrilli Hoyle 1886
Octopus verrucosus Hoyle 1885
Octopus vitiensis Hoyle 1885
Octopus vulgaris Cuvier 1797
Octopus warringa Stranks 1990
Octopus wolfi (Wülker 1913)
Octopus yendoi (Sasaki 1920)
Octopus zonatus Voss 1968
Abdopus Norman & Finn 2001
Ameloctopus Norman 1992
Amphioctopus P. Fischer 1882
Callistoctopus Taki 1964
Cistopus Gray 1849
Euaxoctopus Voss 1971
Galeoctopus Norman, Boucher & Hochberg 2004
Grimpella Robson 1928
Hapalochlaena Robson 1929
Histoctopus Norman, Boucher-Rodoni & Hochberg 2009
Lepidoctopus Haimovici & Sales 2019
Macrochlaena Robson 1929
Macroctopus Robson 1928
Macrotritopus Grimpe 1922
Paroctopus Naef 1923
Pinnoctopus d'Orbigny 1845
Pteroctopus P. Fischer 1882
Robsonella Adam 1938
Scaeurgus Troschel 1857
Teretoctopus Robson 1929
Thaumoctopus Norman & Hochberg 2005
Wunderpus Hochberg, Norman & Finn 2006
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