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UMUTZ- Mol-Cep-023

Scientific Name Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797

Type Status

Kingdom Animalia


Phylum Mollusca


Class Cephalopoda


Order Octopoda


Family Octopodidae


Genus Octopus


Species vulgaris


Subspecies


Auther Cuvier, 1797


Collector K. Mitsukuri & J. Hara

Condtion 1 set of ♂ repro, organs separate. fair

Label
Information
#1 O. vulgaris 29.iii.1896 Coll Mitsukuri & Hara
#2 Coll. Miyajima 12. viii.1899

Label on old jar: "Octopus granulatus"

29. iii. 1896
K. Mitsukuri & J. Hara

Remarks Number of specimen: 2
個体数:2 ♂ 2
保存状態:1 set of ♂ repro, organs separate. fair
cf. Sasaki (1929) p. 40 [see also 994. Co-35]
Lighter coloured specimen illustrated Sasaki (1929) Plate III, Fig. 18 & its reproductive organs in Plate IX, Fig. 13.
2 specimens in one lot, collected separately.
Japan, Kyushu, Kagoshima Fish Market Mitsukuri Hara 29. iii. 1896
Miyajima 12. viii. 1899 同居
(Larger specimen has been dissected and may be that referred to by Sasaki [1929; 41 pl.III, Fig. 18; Pl. IX, Fig. 13] as Polypus granulatus "with great hesitation") Set of repro. organs (♂ ) in sep. jar.

Transferred from old jar: Mar. 8, 1994