North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS name details

Callistoctopus macropus (Risso, 1826)

AphiaID

534558 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534558)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Pinnoctopus macropus (Risso, 1826)

Rank

Species

Parent

Callistoctopus Iw. Taki, 1964 accepted as Pinnoctopus A. d'Orbigny, 1845

Original name

Octopus macropus Risso, 1826

Synonymised names

Octopus alderii Vérany, 1851 · unaccepted (synonym)

Octopus granosus Blainville, 1826 · unaccepted (synonym)

Octopus macropodus San Giovanni, 1829 · unaccepted (synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Octopus macropus Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]. 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): vol. 4, p. 3 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Callistoctopus macropus (Risso, 1826). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534558 on 2026-10-12

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Callistoctopus macropus (Risso, 1826). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=534558 on 2026-10-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-10-20 13:11:51Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2017-11-17 23:14:58Z

changed

Finn, Julian

2025-03-23 15:20:25Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description (of Octopus macropus Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]. 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): vol. 4, p. 3 [details]

basis of record Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin 66:127–154. [details]

additional 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.
page(s): 106 [details]