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California Two Spot Octopus

Octopus bimaculatus Verrill 1883

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Octopus bimaculatus Verrill 1883
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Octopus bimaculatus Verrill 1883
Octopus bimaculatus Verrill 1883
Octopus bimaculatus
Octopus bimaculatus A. E. Verrill 1883
Species recognized by World Register of Marine Species
Octopus bimaculatus Verrill
Recognized by NMNH type specimens

Common Names

English

California two-spot octopus preferred
two-spot octopus
two-spotted octopus

Chinese

双斑蛸 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Curated hierarchies for Octopus bimaculatus Verrill 1883

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 7 February 2023

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

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

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.

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
Octopodiformes
Octopoda
Incirrina
Octopodidae
Octopus
Octopus bimaculatus (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