Note:

Per riconoscere un moscardino da un polpo basta osservarne i tentacoli, essi presentano una sola fila di ventose anziché due.

Tassonomia:

Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
Kingdom: Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Subkingdom: Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
Branch: Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
Superphylum: Eutrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca (Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
Class: Cephalopoda Cuvier, 1797 - Cephalopods
Subclass: Coleoidea Bather, 1888
Superorder: Octopodiformes Young et al., 1998 - Octopods
Order: Octopoda Leach, 1817 - Octopuses
Suborder: Incirrina Grimpe, 1916
Family: Octopodidae Rafinesque, 1815
Subfamily: Eledoninae
Genus: Eledone Leach, 1817
Specific name: moschata (Lamarck, 1798)
Scientific name: Eledone moschata (Lamarck, 1798)