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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Octopus cyanea Gray 1849
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Octopus cyanea gracilis Robson (1929)
Subspecies recognized by GBIF national node type records UK
Octopus cyanea
Octopus cyanea Gray 1849
Octopus marmoratus
Species recognized by Arabian Sea Species List
Octopus marmoratus Hoyle 1885
Species recognized by GBIF national node type records UK
Polypus herdmani Hoyle (1904)
Species recognized by GBIF national node type records UK
Octopus cyanea
Recognized by Flickr Group
Octopus cyanea Gray 1849
Octopus cyanea gracilis Robson 1929
Octopus glaber
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Octopus herdmani
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Octopus herdmani (Hoyle 1904)
Octopus horsti
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Octopus horsti Joubin 1898
Octopus marmoratus
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz
Octopus marmoratus Hoyle 1885
Sepia barffi
Species recognized by wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Alternative Names

Callistoctopus magnocellatus Taki 1964
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Octopus cyanea var. gracilis Robson 1929
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Octopus glaber Wülker 1920
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Octopus herdmani Hoyle 1904
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Octopus horsti Joubin 1898
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Octopus marmoratus Hoyle 1885
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Sepia barffi Curtiss 1938
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Callistoctopus magnocellatus Taki 1964
Octopus cyanea var. gracilis Robson 1929
Octopus glaber Wülker 1920
Octopus herdmani Hoyle 1904
Octopus horsti Joubin 1898
Octopus marmoratus Hoyle 1885
Sepia barffi Curtiss 1938
Callistoctopus magnocellatus Taki 1964
Callistoctopus magnocellatus Taki 1964
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Octopus cyanea gracilis Robson 1929
Octopus cyanea var. gracilis G. C. Robson 1929
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Octopus glaber Rüppell ex Wülker 1920
Octopus glaber Wülker 1920
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Octopus herdmani Hoyle 1904
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Octopus horsti Joubin 1898
Octopus horsti Joubin 1898
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Octopus marmoratus Hoyle 1885
Octopus marmoratus Hoyle 1885
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024
Polypus herdmani Hoyle 1904
Sepia barffi Curtiss 1938
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Common Names

English

Day octopus preferred
Recognized by admin
Common reef octopus
Recognized by Undersea Productions
Cyane's octopus
big blue octopus
day octopus

Chinese

土婆 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Lán-Xiāo

German

Riffkrake
Recognized by admin
Großer Blauer Krake preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

תמנון עינוני preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

ワモンダコ preferred

Malagasy

Orita preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

هشت‌پای بزرگ آبی preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

藍章 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Octopus cyanea Gray 1849

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

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.

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
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

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Cephalopoda Cuvier 1797
Coleoidea Bather 1888
Neocoleoidea Haas 1997
Octopodiformes Berthold & Engeser 1987
Octopoda Leach 1818
Incirrata Grimpe 1916
Octopodoidea d'Orbigny 1839 ex Ferrusac & d'Orbigny (1834)
Octopodidae
Octopus

GBIF classification

Animalia
Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Octopoda
Octopodidae
Octopus Cuvier 1797
15 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Protostomia
Spiralia
Mollusca
Cephalopoda Cuvier 1797
Coleoidea Bather 1888
Octobrachia Fioroni 1981
Octopoda Leach 1818
Incirrina Grimpe 1916
Octopodidae D'Orbigny (1839) ex Férussac & D'Orbigny (1834)
Octopodinae Grimpe 1921
Octopus Cuvier 1797
14 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Coleoidea
Neocoleoidea
Decapodiformes
Sepiida
Sepiina
Sepiidae
Sepia
Sepia barffi (this page)
27 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Coleoidea
Octopodiformes
Octopoda
Incirrina
Octopodidae
Octopus
Octopus glaber (this page)
139 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Coleoidea
Octopodiformes
Octopoda
Incirrina
Octopodidae
Octopus
Octopus herdmani (this page)
139 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Coleoidea
Octopodiformes
Octopoda
Incirrina
Octopodidae
Octopus
Octopus horsti (this page)
139 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Coleoidea
Octopodiformes
Octopoda
Incirrina
Octopodidae
Octopus
Octopus marmoratus (this page)
139 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Coleoidea
Octopodiformes
Octopoda
Incirrina
Octopodidae
Octopus
Octopus cyanea (this page)
139 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Octopoda
Octopodidae
Octopus