common octopus

species of mollusc

Taxon taxon Q651361

Facts

13 properties

Instance of: taxon
Short name: O. vulgaris^[6]
Egg incubation period: +4.5^[20]
IUCN conservation status: Least Concern^[3]
Life expectancy: +1.5^[16]
Litter size: +80000^[19]
Longest observed lifespan: +4^[17]
Parent taxon: Octopus^[4]
Taxon author citation: Cuvier, 1797^[18]
Taxon common name: Common octopus, 真蛸, Europese achtarm, Pulpu, Gemeiner Krake, navadna hobotnica, pieuvre commune, pulpo común, 참문어^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]
Taxon name: Octopus vulgaris^[5]
Taxon range: Brazil^[21]
Taxon rank: species^[2]

🏷️ Also known as

en common octopus en Octopus vulgaris ar أخطبوط شائع cs Octopus americanus cs Octopus rugosus cs Octopus vulgaris cs Polypus vulgaris cs chobotnice pobřežní cs chobotnice obecná da Octopus vulgaris da Ottearmet blæksprutte de Gemeine Krake de Gemeiner Krake de Gewöhnlicher Krake de Octopus vulgaris es Pulpo comun es Pulpo común fa هشت‌پای معمولی fi meritursas fi Octopus vulgaris

🔖 Identifiers · 48

ADW taxon ID: Octopus_vulgaris
AnimalBase ID: 52406
BISMaL taxon ID: 9000903
BNCF Thesaurus ID: 25044
BOLD Systems taxon ID: 26440
Belgian Species List ID: 29619
BioLib taxon ID: 133311
CalPhotos taxon ID: Octopus+vulgaris
Catalogue of Life ID: 48KQY
DORIS ID: 847
Dewey Decimal Classification: 594.56
Dutch Caribbean Species Register ID: 181310

Show all 48 identifiers +36

Dyntaxa ID: 6037441
EUNIS ID for species: 60605
Encyclopedia of Life ID: 492280
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: animal/common-octopus
Freebase ID: /m/02q2rdb
GBIF taxon ID: 2289671
INaturalist taxon ID: 49315
IRMNG ID: 10907740
ITIS TSN: 82603
IUCN taxon ID: 162571
India Biodiversity Portal species ID: 237207
KBpedia ID: CommonOctopus
Korean National Species list ID: 120000204500
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 2776845748
NAS ID: 2343
NBIC scientific name ID: 120184
NBN System Key: NBNSYS0000176785
NCBI taxonomy ID: 6645
Naturbasen species ID: 18179/almindelig-ottearmet-blaeksprutte
NatureServe Explorer ID: 2.1130786
Nederlands Soortenregister ID: 137113
OBIS ID: 140605
Observation.org taxon ID: 160189
Open Tree of Life ID: 110468
SeaLifeBase ID: 58190
TAXREF ID: 64835
TaiBNET ID: 314176
TaiCOL ID (new version): t0031224
Topic's main category: Category:Octopus vulgaris
UNII: H4670L78US
Verspreidingsatlas.nl ID: S84200
Vikidia article ID: it:polpo, fr:Pieuvre_commune
WoRMS-ID for taxa: 140605
YSO ID: 17665
Yale LUX ID: concept/f4e6c2a3-ec55-4b8b-95b2-a7b92a4ff69d
ZooBank ID for name or act: 88E9E879-0856-4A1D-82C5-2AEBFE3DA51B

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IUCN conservation status 1

Least Concern

Instance of 1

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Parent taxon 1

Octopus

Taxon range 1

Brazil

Taxon rank 1

species

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Summary

common octopus is a taxon^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ common octopus — taxon rank (P105): species. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-10-22. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ common octopus — IUCN conservation status (P141): Least Concern. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved 2023-01-03. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ common octopus — parent taxon (P171): Octopus. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-10-22. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ common octopus — taxon name (P225): Octopus vulgaris. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-10-22. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ common octopus — short name (P1813): O. vulgaris. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ common octopus — taxon common name (P1843): Common octopus. ARKive. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ common octopus — taxon common name (P1843): 真蛸. Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved 2016-12-03. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ common octopus — taxon common name (P1843): Europese achtarm. Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved 2017-01-20. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ common octopus — taxon common name (P1843): Pulpu. sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ common octopus — taxon common name (P1843): Gemeiner Krake. Trivialnamen für Mollusken des Meeres und Brackwassers in Deutschland (Polyplacophora, Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Scaphopoda et Cephalopoda). wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ common octopus — taxon common name (P1843): navadna hobotnica. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ common octopus — taxon common name (P1843): pieuvre commune. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ common octopus — taxon common name (P1843): pulpo común. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ common octopus — taxon common name (P1843): 참문어. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ common octopus — life expectancy (P2250): 1.5 years. Retrieved 2022-01-22. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ common octopus — longest observed lifespan (P4214): 4 years. Retrieved 2022-01-22. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ common octopus — taxon author citation (P6507): Cuvier, 1797. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ common octopus — litter size (P7725): 80,000. Retrieved 2022-01-22. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ common octopus — egg incubation period (P7770): 4.5 month. Retrieved 2022-01-22. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ common octopus — taxon range (P9714): Brazil. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ common octopus is an instance of taxon (Q16521) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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23w ago · Breogan2008 · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Taxon range map image → Octopus vulgaris range.png

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24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Parent taxon → Octopus

Egg incubation period → {'unit': 'Q5151', 'amount': '+4.5'}

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