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Taxon:
Species "
polypodon megiston genos
"
Aristoteles, nom. inval.
- common octopus
(invertebrate)
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Entity:
[polypous]
..[bolitaina] (Species) - musky octopus
..[heledone] (Species) - musky octopus
..[nautilos] (Species) - paper nautilus
..[oon polypodos] (Species) - paper nautilus
..[ozolis] (Species) - musky octopus
..[polypous en ostrako oion cochlias] (Species) - chambered nautilus
..[pontilos] (Species) - paper nautilus
..[sepidion] (Species) - cuttlefish
..[teuthis] (Species) - long finned squid
..[teuthos] (Species) - sagittal squid
..[volitaina] (Species)
..[polypodon megiston genos] (Species) - common octopus
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
Aristoteles, [4th century BC], nom. veter.
Original name
:
Aristoteles [ca. 343 BC?].
Attributes
Unavailable name (nom. inval.) [ICZN, 1999: Arts. 1.3, 10-20]
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Alternative transliteration
:
polupódon mégiston génos
Aristoteles, nom. inval.
Ref:
E. Voultsiadou & D. Vafidis, 2007
: 116.
Synonyms
Accepted name
:
Octopus vulgaris
Cuvier, 1797
Ref:
E. Voultsiadou & D. Vafidis, 2007
: 106.
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
common octopus
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