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Octopus Cuvier, 1798

genus

Accepted

Name authority: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

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Names and sources

Accepted Name	Source
Octopus Cuvier, 1798	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Cuvier, G. (1798). Tableau élémentaire de l’histoire naturelle des animaux. Baudoin, Paris.: i–xvi, 1–710, Pl. 1–14. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=350783

Synonym	Source
Pseudoctopus Grimpe, 1925 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Grimpe, G., 1925: Zur kenntnis der Cephalopodenfauna der Nordsee. Wissenschaftliche Meeresunkrsuchungen Abteilung Helgoland, Neue Folge, 16 (3). 1-124.
Ortopus Maitland, 1897 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Prodr. Faune Pays-Bas & Belg. Flamande
Tritaxeopus Owen, 1881 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Published in:Owen, R., 1881: Descriptions of some new and rare Cephalopoda (Part II). Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 11 (5). 131-170.
Polypus Leach, 1817 synonym	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

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Classification

kingdom: Animalia

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