Genus Amphioctopus Fisher, 1882

Museums

Regional Maps

• Amphioctopus Fischer, P. 1882. Manuel de Conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique on histoire naturelle des mollusques vivants et fossiles. Paris : Librairie F. Savy 1369 pp.

  Type species:

   Octopus membranaceus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 by original designation.
• Schizoctopus Hoyle, W.E. 1886. Report on the Cephalopoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 16(44): 1-245 pls 1-33.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Huffard, C.L. & Hochberg, F.G. 2005. Description of a new species of the genus Amphioctopus (Mollusca: Octopodidae) from the Hawai'ian Islands. Molluscan Research 25(3): 113-128

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

History of changes