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

Octopus salutii Vérany, 1836

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Octopus*	Cuvier, 1798	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Octopus saluzzii*	Vérany, 1840	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

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

Greek: Χταπόδι αράχνη

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

Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Octopus salutii Vérany, 1836. 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:140604