Species Abdopus tenebricus (Smith, 1884)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Octopus tenebricus Smith, E.A. 1884. Mollusca. pp. 34–116, 487–508, 657–659, pls 4–7. In, Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of the H.M.S. 'Alert ' 1881-2. London : British Museum Trustees, printed by Taylor & Francis. [Part I. Collections of Melanesia, pp. 34–116; Part II. Collections from the Western Indian Ocean, pp. 487–508; explanation of plates pp. 657–659] [35].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 1881.11.10.13-14 ♂ ♀, Port Denison, QLD.

  Secondary source:

   Robson, G.C. 1929. A Monograph of the Recent Cephalopoda. Pt 1 The Octopodinae. London : British Museum (Natural History) 236 pp., 7 pls.

 

Generic Combinations

• Abdopus tenebricus (Smith, 1884). —
  Norman, M.D. & Hochberg, F.G. 2005. The current state of octopus taxonomy. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 66: 127-154

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Port Denison.

Known only from type locality.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

General References

Lu, C.C. 2001. Cephalopoda. pp. 129-308 in Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 17.2 Mollusca: Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia xii 353 pp. [Date published 3 July 2001] [164] (as Octopus tenebricus Smith, 1884)

Norman, M.D. & Finn, J. 2001. Revision of the Octopus horridus species group with description of two member species from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 15: 13-35 [30] (as Octopus tenebricus Smith, 1884)

 

History of changes

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