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Species Callistoctopus dierythraeus (Norman, 1993)

Red-spot Night Octopus

 

Generic Combinations

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: benthic, continental shelf, nocturnal, predator.

Juvenile: benthic, continental shelf.

Continental shelf.

 

General References

Norman, M.D. 1993. Four new octopus species of the Octopus macropus group (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 53(2): 267-308 [Date published 1993: imprint date 31 December 1992; available 1993] [282] (life history, behaviour, distribution)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
08-Oct-2010 OCTOPODIDAE 08-Oct-2010 MOVED Dr Mark Norman
29-Mar-2010 MODIFIED