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

Callistoctopus Taki, 1964

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Callistoctopus furvus (A. Gould, 1852)
Callistoctopus lechenaultii (A. d'Orbigny, 1826)

Literature

original description

Taki, I. (1964). On eleven new species of the Cephalopoda from Japan, including two new genera of Octopodinae. Journal of the Faculty of Fisheries and Animal Husbandry, Hiroshima University. 5(2): 277-343.

basis of record

Norman M.D., Finn J.K. & Hochberg F.G. (2014). Family Octopodidae. pp. 36-215, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO]. 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Callistoctopus Taki, 1964. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534103

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2017-11-18 by Julian Finn

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