Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Cephalopoda
Subclassis: Coleoidea
Cohors: Neocoleoidea
Superordo: Octopodiformes
Ordo: Octopoda
Subordo: Incirrina
Familia: Octopodidae
Subfamilia: Octopodinae
Genus: Cistopus
Species: C. chinensis – C. indicus – C. platinoidus – C. taiwanicus
Name
Cistopus Gray, 1849
References
Primary references
Gray 1849: Cat. Moll. Coll. Brit. Mus., 1, 20.
Sreeja, V., Norman, M.D. & Biju Kumar, A. 2015. A new species of pouched octopus, Cistopus Gray, 1849 (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from the southwest coast of India. Zootaxa 4058(2): 244–256. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.2.6. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Cistopus is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae from the Indo-Pacific region, colloquially known as old-lady octopuses. For a long time it was thought that Cistopus was monotypic with the type species, C. indicus, being the only known species. This species was characterised by the possession of eight small mucus filled pouches around the animal's mouth in the web between the bases of each arm, these have an opening which releases the mucus. The function of these pouches is unknown. A new species, C. taiwanicus was described in 2009 from Taiwan. Octopuses in the genus Cistopus are harvested and utilised for food on a commercial basis in southern and eastern Asia.[2] Further new species have been described since then.[1]
Species
The following species are classified in the genus Cistopus:[1]
Cistopus chinensis Zheng, Lin, Lu & Ma, 2012
Cistopus indicus (Rapp (in Férussac & d'Orbigny), 1835)
Cistopus platinoidus Sreeja, Norman & Biju Kumar, 2015
Cistopus taiwanicus Liao & Lu, 2009
References
Julian Finn (2017). "Cistopus Gray, 1849". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
Jian-Xiang Liao; Chung-Cheng Lu (2009). "A new species of Cistopus (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from Taiwan and morphology of mucous pouches". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 75 (3): 269–278. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyp023.
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