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

Octopus Cuvier, 1798

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Polypus*	Leach, 1817	synonym

Children

Octopus americanus Froriep, 1806
Octopus bandensis Hoyle, 1885
Octopus elegans Brock, 1887
Octopus mimus A. Gould, 1852
Octopus moschites Carus, 1824
Octopus pictus Blainville, 1826
Octopus salutii Vérany, 1839
Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797

Literature

original description	Cuvier, G. (1797). Tableau élémentaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux. [Elementary table of the natural history of animals.]. Baudoin, Paris. i-xvi, 1-710, Pl. 1-14. [pdf is for copepods :449-456].
taxonomy source	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.
subsequent type designation	ICZN. (1997). Opinion 1861. Octopus vulgaris Cuvier [1797] and Loligo vulgaris Lamarck, 1798 (Mollusca, Cephalopoda): specific names conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 54: 59-60.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Octopus Cuvier, 1798. 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:138268