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Benthoctopus sasakii G. C. Robson, 1927

527148 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:527148)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Mollusca
  4. Cephalopoda
  5. Coleoidea
  6. Octopodiformes
  7. Octopoda
  8. Incirrata
  9. Octopodoidea
  10. Bathypolypodidae
  11. Benthoctopus
  12. Benthoctopus sasakii
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1849)
Species
Benthoctopus Grimpe, 1921 accepted as Bathypolypus Grimpe, 1921
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Robson, G.C. (1927). Notes on the Cephalopoda III. On the anatomy and classification of the North Atlantic species of <i>Bathypolypus,</i> and \<i>Benthoctopus</i>. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (9)20: 249-263.
page(s): 257, fig. 8 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Benthoctopus sasakii G. C. Robson, 1927. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527148 on 2026-10-07
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Benthoctopus sasakii G. C. Robson, 1927. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=527148 on 2026-10-07
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2010-09-26 17:15:50Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2018-02-07 15:28:10Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2022-08-27 09:38:30Z
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Vos, Chris
2026-06-26 15:07:54Z
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Herbert, David

original description Robson, G.C. (1927). Notes on the Cephalopoda III. On the anatomy and classification of the North Atlantic species of <i>Bathypolypus,</i> and \<i>Benthoctopus</i>. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (9)20: 249-263.
page(s): 257, fig. 8 [details] 

context source (Deepsea) Gofas, S.; Luque, Á. A.; Templado, J.; Salas, C. (2017). A national checklist of marine Mollusca in Spanish waters. <em>Scientia Marina.</em> 81(2) : 241-254, and supplementary online material., available online at https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.04543.21a [details] 

source of synonymy Muus, B. (2002). The <em>Bathypolypus-Benthoctopus</em> problem of the North Atlantic (Octopodinae, Cephalopoda). <em>Malacologia.</em> 44(2): 175-222., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13143410
page(s): 178 [details] 

source of synonymy Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. <i>Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin</i> 66:127–154. [details] 
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