Species Amphioctopus exannulatus (Norman, 1993)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Octopus exannulatus Norman, M.D. 1992 [1993]. Ocellate octopuses (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia: description of two new species and redescription of Octopus polyzenia Gray, 1849. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 53(2): 309-344 [imprint date 31 December 1992; available 1993] [321].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV F60143 ♂ (46.7 mm), Moreton Bay, 3 mi (5 km) N of E corner of Mud Is. (ca. 27°23'S 153°15'E).
  Paratype(s) NMV F60105 ♀ (41.8 mm); NMV F60107 ♀; QM Mo29473 ♂ (39.8 mm); QM Mo29329 ♀ (48 mm); USNM 817673 ♂ (41.5 mm).
• Octopus membranaceus Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1832. Mollusques. pp. 1–320 in, Zoologie du voyage de l'Astrolabe sous les ordres du Capitane Dumont d'Urville, pendant les années 1826–1829. Zoologie. 2 vols Paris : J. Tastu, Editeur-Imprimeur. [891] (considered nomen dubium by Norman (1993: 340)).

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP, Port Dorey, New Guinea (as port Dorey, à la Nouvelle Guinée).

  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

• Amphioctopus exannulatus (Norman, 1993). —
  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, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Shark Bay, WA.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
  • Western Australia: NW coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, tropical.

 

General References

Lu, C.C. & Phillips, J.U. 1985. An annotated checklist of Cephalopoda from Australian waters. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Victoria 2: 21-36 [33] (synonymy)

Norman, M.D. 1992 [1993]. Ocellate octopuses (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia: description of two new species and redescription of Octopus polyzenia Gray, 1849. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 53(2): 309-344 [imprint date 31 December 1992; available 1993] [340]

 

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