common octopus

species of mollusc
Taxon taxon Q651361
common octopus
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common octopus

Summary

common octopus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.62% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,394 views/month, #1,215 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • common octopus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • common octopus is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • common octopus's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • common octopus belongs to the parent taxon Octopus[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, common octopus is Octopus vulgaris[7].
  • common octopus's Commons category is recorded as Octopus vulgaris[8].
  • common octopus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Octopus vulgaris[9].
  • common octopus's Commons gallery is recorded as Octopus vulgaris[10].
  • common octopus's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'O. vulgaris'}[11].
  • common octopus is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Common octopus'}[12].
  • common octopus is commonly known as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '真蛸'}[13].
  • common octopus is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Europese achtarm'}[14].
  • common octopus is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'Pulpu'}[15].
  • common octopus is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Gemeiner Krake'}[16].
  • common octopus is commonly known as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'navadna hobotnica'}[17].
  • common octopus is commonly known as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'pieuvre commune'}[18].
  • common octopus is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'pulpo común'}[19].
  • common octopus is commonly known as {'lang': 'ko', 'text': '참문어'}[20].
  • common octopus's life expectancy is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+1.5'}[21].
  • common octopus's longest observed lifespan is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+4'}[22].
  • common octopus's taxon author citation is recorded as Cuvier, 1797[23].
  • common octopus's litter size is recorded as {'amount': '+80000'}[24].
  • common octopus's egg incubation period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q5151', 'amount': '+4.5'}[25].
  • common octopus's taxon range is recorded as Brazil[26].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, common octopus is Octopus vulgaris[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Octopus[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Common octopus'}[12], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '真蛸'}[13], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Europese achtarm'}[14], {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'Pulpu'}[15], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Gemeiner Krake'}[16], and {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'navadna hobotnica'}[17].

Identifiers

common octopus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 49315[27]. common octopus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6645[28]. common octopus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 492280[29]. common octopus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2289671[30]. common octopus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 82603[31].

Why It Matters

common octopus ranks in the top 0.62% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,394 views/month, #1,215 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [28] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [31] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [29] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [30] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . ARKive. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . Trivialnamen für Mollusken des Meeres und Brackwassers in Deutschland (Polyplacophora, Gastropoda, Bivalvia, Scaphopoda et Cephalopoda). wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [27] . wikidata.org.
  25. [22] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [23] . wikidata.org.
  27. [24] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [25] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Breogan2008 · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon range map image Octopus vulgaris range.png
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P181]]: Octopus vulgaris range.png"
  2. 8d 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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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 17665, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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