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Common Octopus

Octopus vulgaris Cuvier 1797

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Octopus vulgaris Cuvier 1797
Species recognized by Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Octopus rugosus Bosc 1792
Species recognized by GBIF classification
Octopus vulgaris
Species recognized by United Kingdom Species List, South Atlantic Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Pacific Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Sea Species List, Celtic Sea Species List, Irish Sea Species List, English Channel Species List, Balearic Sea Species List, Strait of Gibraltar Species List, Ionian Sea Species List, Ligurian Sea Species List, Tyrrhenian Sea Species List, Hudson Strait Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Laccadive Sea Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Andaman Sea Species List, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Species, Caribbean Sea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Eastern China Sea Species List, Seto Inland Sea Species List, South China Sea Species List, The Netherlands Species List, South Africa Species List, Turkey Species List, Delete- old US Species List, Venezuela Species List, Saint Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Portugal Species List, Seychelles Species List, Israel Species List, Italy Species List, Maldives Species List, Mexico Species List, France Species List, Greece Species List, Haiti Species List, Indonesia Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Belgium Species List, Dominica Species List, Cyprus Species List, Chile Species List, Chad Species List, Bay of Biscay Species List, Bali Sea Species List, Banda Sea Species List, Aegean Sea Species List, Cape Verde Species List, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Brazil Species List, CephBase, Canada Species List, China Species List, Japan Species List, Egypt Species List, Cape Verde Species List, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, Protists in Singapore, Alboran Sea Species List, wikipedia AF, Panama Species List, and Wikidata
Octopus vulgaris
Octopus vulgaris Cuvier 1797
Family recognized by Thailand Species List
Octopus vulgaris Cuvier 1797
Octopus vulgaris Cuvier 1797
Octopus rugosus
Species recognized by United States Species List
Octopus vulgaris
Octopus vulgaris
Recognized by Flickr Group

Alternative Names

Octopus albus Rafinesque 1814
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Octopus bitentaculatus Risso 1854
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Octopus brevitentaculatus Blainville 1826
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Octopus cassiopea Gray 1849
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Octopus cassiopeia Gray 1849
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Octopus coerulescentes Fra Piero 1895
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Octopus heteropus Rafinesque 1814
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Octopus maculatus Rafinesque 1814
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Octopus moschatus Rafinesque 1814
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Octopus niger Rafinesque 1814
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Octopus niger Risso 1854
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Octopus octopodia Tryon 1879
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Octopus pilosus Risso 1826
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Octopus rabassin Risso 1854
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Octopus ruber Rafinesque 1814
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Octopus rugosus (Bosc 1792)
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Octopus tetradynamus Rafinesque 1814
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Octopus tritentaculatus Risso 1854
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Octopus troscheli Targioni-Tozzetti 1869
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Octopus troschelii Targioni-Tozzetti 1869
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Octopus tuberculatus Blainville 1826
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Octopus tuberculatus Targioni-Tozzetti 1869
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Sepia octopus Gmelin 1791
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Sepia polypus Oken 1815
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Sepia rugosa Bosc 1792
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Octopus vulgaris
Synonym according to CephBase

Common Names

English

common octopus preferred
Common octopus preferred
Recognized by wikipedia 日本語 and Wikidata
common Atlantic octopus
common European octopus

Afrikaans

Gewone seekat preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Albanian

likurishtja preferred
oktapodi i zakonshëm
tetëkëmbëshi

Arabic

أخطبوط شائع preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Basque

Olagarro arrunt preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Bulgarian

обикновен октопод preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Catalan; Valencian

pop roquer preferred

Cebuano

Kugita preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Chinese

真蛸 preferred
Recognized by wikipedia 日本語 and Wikidata

Croatian

Obična hobotnica preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Czech

chobotnice pobřežní preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Danish

almindelig ottearmet blæksprutte preferred
Ottearmet blæksprutte preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Dutch; Flemish

Europese achtarm preferred
Recognized by wikipedia 日本語 and Wikidata
gewone achtarm
gewone octopus
gewoone octopus

Estonian

Harilik kaheksajalg preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Finnish

meritursas preferred
Meritursas preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

French

pieuvre commune preferred
poulpe commun
poulpe de roche

Galician

polvo preferred
Polbo común preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Georgian

რვაფეხა preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

German

Gemeiner Octopus preferred
gemeiner Krake
gewöhnlicher Krake
Gewöhnlicher Krake preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Χταπόδι preferred

Hebrew

תמנון החוף preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Hungarian

közönséges polip preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association)

Octopode preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Irish

Ochtapas coiteann preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Italian

polpo comune preferred
polpo di scoglio

Japanese

マダコ preferred
ma-dako tako preferred

Korean

참문어 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Latvian

Astoņkājis preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Lithuanian

Paprastasis aštuonkojis preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Low Saxon

Eenfachen Kraken preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Luxembourgish; Letzeburgesch

Gewéinlechen Tëntefësch preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Persian

هشت‌پای معمولی preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Polish

ośmiornica zwyczajna preferred

Portuguese

polvo comum preferred
polvo-vulgar

Russian

obiknovenniy osminog preferred
obiknovenniy shprot
Осьминог обыкновенный preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Spanish; Castilian

pulpo común preferred
pulpo de roca

Swedish

attaarmade bläckfiskar preferred
Åttaarmade bläckfiskar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Turkish

Bayağı ahtapot preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Vietnamese

Bạch tuộc thông thường preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Ces

chobotnice pobřežní preferred

De Ch

Gewöhnlicher Krake preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Mey

azeiz preferred

Roa Tara

Vurpe preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Hans

普通章鱼 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Hant

普通章魚 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Hk

普通章魚 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Tw

真蛸 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
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Curated hierarchies for Octopus vulgaris Cuvier 1797

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Cephalopoda Cuvier 1795
Coleoidea Bather 1888
Octopodiformes Berthold & Engeser 1987
Octopoda Leach 1818
Incirrata
Octopodoidea d'Orbigny 1840
Octopodidae d'Orbigny 1840
Octopus Cuvier 1798
27 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.