Enteroctopus dofleini

Enteroctopus dolfeini

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Incirrina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Cephalopoda Subclassis: Coleoidea Cohors: Neocoleoidea Superordo: Octopodiformes Ordo: Octopoda Subordo: Incirrina

Familia: Octopodidae
Subfamilia: Octopodinae
Genus: Enteroctopus
Species: Enteroctopus dofleini

Name

Enteroctopus dofleini (Wülker, 1910)

Synonyms

• Octopus punctatus Gabb, 1862
• Octopus dofleini Wülker, 1910
• Polypus dofleini Wülker, 1910
• Octopus dofleini dofleini (Wülker, 1910)
• Polypus apollyon Berry, 1912
• Octopus dofleini apollyon (Berry, 1912)
• Polypus gilbertianus Berry, 1912
• Octopus gilbertianus Berry, 1912
• Octopus apollyon (Berry, 1913)
• Octopus madokai Berry, 1921
• Paroctopus asper Akimushkin, 1963
• Octopus dofleini martini Pickford, 1964

References

• Kubodera, T. (1991) Distribution and abundance of the early life stages of octopus, Octopus dofleini Wülker, 1910 in the North Pacific. Bull. Mar. Sci., 49, 235–243.
• Marliave, J.B. (1981) Neustonic feeding in early larvae of Octopus dofleini (Wülker). Veliger, 23, 350–351.
• Gabe, S.H. (1975) Reproduction in the giant octopus of the North Pacific, Octopus dofleini martini. Veliger, 18, 146–150.

Vernacular names

English: North Pacific Giant Octopus
suomi: Jättiläistursas
français: Pieuvre géante du Pacifique
magyar: Óriáspolip
polski: Ośmiornica olbrzymia, pacyficzna
português: Polvo Gigante do Pacífico Norte