MCZ Malacology 243156

Enteroctopus dofleini (Wülker, 1910)

Date Collected:

1849-01-01/1860-03-01

Pacific Ocean: Pacific, Eastern Central: United States: California | [no specific locality data]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mala:243156 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Enteroctopus dofleini (Wülker, 1910) linked data icon
Animalia Mollusca Cephalopoda Coleoidea Octopodiformes Octopoda Octopodidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Remarks: revised taxonomy fide WoRMS
Previous Identifications
Octopus dofleini (Wülker, 1910) linked data icon
Animalia Mollusca Cephalopoda Coleoidea Octopodiformes Octopoda Octopodidae
Common Name(s): North Pacific giant octopus
Determiner: Grace Pickford
Nature of ID: expert ID
Octopus punctatus Gabb, 1862 linked data icon
Animalia Mollusca Cephalopoda Coleoidea Octopodiformes Octopoda Octopodidae
Determiner: Addison Emery Verrilllinked data icon
Nature of ID: expert ID
Octopus Cuvier, 1798 linked data icon
Animalia Mollusca Cephalopoda Coleoidea Octopodiformes Octopoda Octopodidae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: legacy

Verrill 1883, page 117, Additional Material of Octopus punctatus Gabb, 1862
Pickford 1964, page 22, Other Useful Citation of Octopus dofleini (Wülker, 1910)
Media type: text; Verrill 1883 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. XI no. 6;

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Shows Publication: Verrill 1883 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. XI no. 6

  • original ledger number: Alcohol ledger catalog number 2362
  • other number: YPM 2362

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (70% ethanol) good in collection 1 History (3)

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male By: Grace Pickford
Remarks: Adult

  • Re-examined by S.J. Townsley (1953) and G.E Pickford (1964): see Bull. Bingham Oceanagr. Coll., 1964, Vol 19, Art. 1, Octopus dofleini (Wulker). "It was not possible to decide the subspecific status of this specimen as the Californian population is inadequately known." There are recent labels in with this specimen giving the collector as "J.G. Carr" and "J.E. Carr", but these are a mis-reading of the cursive in the original ledger where the collector is listed as T.G. Cary. [Jennifer Goldstein] This specimen, originally Malacology Alcohol Ledger number 2362 was recataloged as Malacology 369072. However for some reason prior to sending this specimen out on loan to Grace Pickford, it was also cataloged as Malacology 243156. As such all future reference to this specimen should be cited as Malacology 243156. - Adam J. Baldinger (15 Jan 2019).

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  • Ocean:
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Pacific, Eastern Central
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • California
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • San Francisco, California
  • Georeference:
  • 37.8969490°, -122.41911° (Error radius: 10819m) By: Jennifer Goldstein on 2018-11-08 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1849-01-01 / 1860-03-01
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collector:
  • Thomas G. Cary, Jr.

  • None

Media type: text; Malacology 243151; 243152; 243153; 243154; 243155; 243156; 243157; 243158; 243159; 243160; 243161; 243162; 243163; 243164; 243165; 243166; 243167; 243168; 243169; 243170; 243171; 243172; 243173; 243174; 243175 Description: MCZ Malacology Mollusca 240001-246000, pg.127;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mala:243151 Ervilia rostratulata to MCZ:Mal...

Media type: text; Malacology 243156; 369061; 369062; 369063; 369064; 369065; 74008; 369067; 369068; 369069; 369070; 369071; 369072; 369073; 369074; 369075; 119333; 119335; 369076; 369077; 369066; 369078; 369079; 369080; 369081; 369082; 369083 Description: MCZ Malacology Alcoholic Mollusca 000001-003325, pg.95;

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Ledger Entry for: 27 cataloged items from MCZ:Mala:243156 Enteroctopus dofleini Addition...

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