original description
Gleadall, I.G. (2004). Some old and new genera of octopus. <em>Interdisciplinary Information Sciences.</em> 10(2): 99–112., available online at https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/iis/10/2/10_2_99/_pdf
page(s): 105 [details]
additional source
Norman M.D., Finn J.K. & Hochberg F.G. (2014). Family Octopodidae. pp. 36-215, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date</i>. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls. [details]
additional source
Ibáñez, C.M., Pardo-Gandarillas, M.C., Peña, F., Gleadall, I.G., Poulin, E. & Sellanes, J. (2016). Phylogeny and biogeography of <em>Muusoctopus</em> (Cephalopoda: Enteroctopodidae). <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> 45: 494-503. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment When Volcanoctopus and Muusoctopus are treated as synonyms, Volcanoctopus has priority [details]