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Distribution. Bay of Tokio (Ortmann) ; Misaki, Sagami ! ( Wiil- 

 ker); Nagasaki (Appellof); Bay of Waka, Kii (!); Tsuruga, Echizen 

 ( !) ; Fusan, Korea ( !) . Nearly cosmopolitan in the Atlantic, Medi- 

 terranean, and Indian Oceans. 



Polypus granulatus (Lamarck, 1799). 



Sepia rugosa Bosc., 1792, p. 24, pi. 5, figs. 1, 2 (fide Hoyle). 



Octopus granulatus Lamarck, 1799, p. 20. 



Octopus rugosus Brock. 1887, p. 605. 



? Octopus kagoshimensis Ortmann, 1888, p. 644, pi. 21, fig. 2. 



Octopus rugosus Ortmann, 1891, p. t>69. 



Octopus granulatus Joubin, 1897a, p. 99. 



Polypus granulatus Wiilker, 1910, p. 5. 



An almost cosmopolitan species characterized by its short, sub-equal 

 arms, only about double the length of the body (Brock), and usually 

 having the formula 4, 3, 2, 1; the warted surface (apparently a 

 very variable feature), coloration, etc. I have not discovered this 

 form in any of the material at my disposal. 



Distribution. Washinokami, Rikuzen (Wiilker); Misaki, Sagami 

 (Wiilker); Nagasaki, Hizen (Joubin). Atlantic, Indo-Pacific, etc. 



[Polypus kagoshimensis (Ortmann, 1888).] 



Octopus kagoshimensis Ortmann, 1888, p. 664, pi. 21, fig. 2. 

 Octopus rugosus (pars) Ortmann, 1891, p. 669. 

 Polypus granulatus (pars ?) Wiilker, 1910, p. 6. 



Three years after its description this species was referred by 

 Ortmann himself to 0. rugosus Bosc. (granulatus), and the same 

 course has been somewhat doubtfully followed by Wiilker. 



Distribution. Kagoshima (type locality, Ortmann). 



Polypus globosus (Appellof, 1886). 



Octopus globosus Appellof, 1886, p. 7, pi. 1, figs. 4, 5. 



Octopus globosus Ortmann, 1888, p. 662. 



Octopus rugosus (pars) Ortmann, 1891, p. 669. 



Octopus globosus Goodrich, 1896, p. 19, pi. 5, fig. 81 (hectocotylus). 



Octopus globosus Joubin, 1897a, p. 98. 



Octopus globosus Appellof, 1898, p. 565. 



Polypus globosus Hoyle, 1909, p. 259 (no description). 



This is a rather small species belonging to the same group as 

 P. granulatus and P. kagoshimensis. It has been united with P. 

 rugosus (granulatus) by Ortmann, but this disposition has since been 

 vigorously combated by Appellof. 



Distribution. Nagasaki, Hizen (Appellof). Ternate (Appellof): 

 Straits of Malacca (Goodrich); Kabusa Is. (Goodrich); Nicobar Is. 

 (Goodrich); Bombay (Goodrich); Point Galle, Ceylon (Goodrich). 



