Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Cephalopoda > Subclass Coleoidea > Superorder Octopodiformes > Order Octopoda > Suborder Incirrata > Superfamily Octopodoidea > Family Octopodidae > Genus Bathypolypus

Bathypolypus sponsalis (P. Fischer & H. Fischer, 1892)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Bathypolypus*	Grimpe, 1921	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Octopus sponsalis*	Fischer & Fischer, 1892	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: globose octopus sources: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms

Greek: Σφαιροχτάποδο

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin 66:127–154.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (10 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GBIF

Citation

Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Bathypolypus sponsalis (P. Fischer & H. Fischer, 1892). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140598