Species Callistoctopus ornatus (Gould, 1852)

Museums

Octopus ornatus Gould, A.A. 1852. Mollusca of the United States Exploring Expedition under Captain Charles Wilkes. Mollusca of the Wilkes Expedition 12: 1-510 pls 1-52.
Callistoctopus arakawai Taki, I. 1964. On eleven new species of the Cephalopoda from Japan. Including two new genera of Octopodinae. Journal of the Faculty of Fisheries and Animal Husbandry, Hiroshima University 5(2): 297-343.
Secondary source:
Norman, M.D. 1993. Octopus ornatus Gould, 1852 (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) in Australian waters: morphology, distribution, and life history. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 106(4): 645-660.

Callistoctopus ornatus (Gould, 1852). —
Norman, M.D. & Hochberg, F.G. 2005. The current state of octopus taxonomy. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 66: 127-154

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Marine.

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	OCTOPODIDAE	08-Oct-2010	ADDED	Dr Mark Norman