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

Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Octopus*	Cuvier, 1798	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Octopus americanus*	Froriep, 1806	synonym
*Octopus bitentaculatus*	Risso, 1854	synonym
*Octopus brevitentaculatus*	Blainville, 1826	synonym
*Octopus cassiopea*	Gray, 1849	synonym
*Octopus niger*	Risso, 1854	synonym
*Octopus pilosus*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Octopus rabassin*	Risso, 1854	synonym
*Octopus ruber*	Rafinesque, 1814	synonym
*Octopus tritentaculatus*	Risso, 1854	synonym
*Octopus troschelii*	Targioni-Tozzetti, 1869	synonym
*Octopus tuberculatus*	de Blainville, 1826	synonym
*Sepia octopus*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Sepia polypus*	Oken, 1815	synonym
*Sepia rugosa*	Bosc, 1792	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: likurishtja; oktapodi i zakonshëm; tetëkëmbëshi sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Catalan: pop roquer; pop ver sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

Czech: chobotnice pobřežní

Danish: Alm. ottearmet blæksprutte; almindelig ottearmet blæksprutte sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: achtarm; gewone achtarm; gewoone octopus; kraak sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.;Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp.

English: common octopus; scuttle sources: Roper, C.F.E., M.J. Sweeney & C.E. Nauen (1984). FAO Species catalogue. Vol 3. Cephalopods of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries. FAO Fish. Synop. (125), Vol 3: 277 p.;Ly B., Diop M., Girardin M.,Guide et nomenclature nationale commerciale des espèces marines (poissons, crustacès et mollusques) pechèes en Mauritanie

English-United States: Common Octopus sources: Charles Hussey

Finnish: meritursas

French: pieuvre; poulpe; poulpe commun; poulpe de roche sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.;Ly B., Diop M., Girardin M.,Guide et nomenclature nationale commerciale des espèces marines (poissons, crustacès et mollusques) pechèes en Mauritanie

Galician: polvo sources: Ly B., Diop M., Girardin M.,Guide et nomenclature nationale commerciale des espèces marines (poissons, crustacès et mollusques) pechèes en Mauritanie

German: gemeiner Krake; gewöhnlicher Krake; Krake sources: Ly B., Diop M., Girardin M.,Guide et nomenclature nationale commerciale des espèces marines (poissons, crustacès et mollusques) pechèes en Mauritanie

Greek: Χταπόδι sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hassanya: azeiz sources: Ly B., Diop M., Girardin M.,Guide et nomenclature nationale commerciale des espèces marines (poissons, crustacès et mollusques) pechèes en Mauritanie

Italian: polpo comune; polpo di scoglio sources: Ly B., Diop M., Girardin M.,Guide et nomenclature nationale commerciale des espèces marines (poissons, crustacès et mollusques) pechèes en Mauritanie

Japanese: ma-dako tako sources: Ly B., Diop M., Girardin M.,Guide et nomenclature nationale commerciale des espèces marines (poissons, crustacès et mollusques) pechèes en Mauritanie

Polish: ośmiornica zwyczajna

Portuguese: polvo comum; polvo-vulgar sources: Ly B., Diop M., Girardin M.,Guide et nomenclature nationale commerciale des espèces marines (poissons, crustacès et mollusques) pechèes en Mauritanie

Russian: obiknovenniy osminog; obiknovenniy shprot sources: Ly B., Diop M., Girardin M.,Guide et nomenclature nationale commerciale des espèces marines (poissons, crustacès et mollusques) pechèes en Mauritanie

Spanish, Castillian: pulpo; pulpo común; pulpo de roca sources: Ly B., Diop M., Girardin M.,Guide et nomenclature nationale commerciale des espèces marines (poissons, crustacès et mollusques) pechèes en Mauritanie;Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Swedish: attaarmade bläckfiskar

Literature

original description	Cuvier G.L. [1798]. Tableau élementaire de l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux. Paris, Baudouin, xvi + 710 pp.
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	Roper, C.F.E., M.J. Sweeney & C.E. Nauen (1984). FAO Species catalogue. Vol 3. Cephalopods of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries. FAO Fish. Synop. (125), Vol 3: 277 p.
additional source	Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin 66:127–154.
additional source	ITIS database

Taxon found in 988 publications.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (32211 nucleotides; 242 proteins)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Biodiversity Heritage Library (622 publications)
Barcode of Life (134 barcodes)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797. 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:140605