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Species Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852

Common Sydney Octopus, Gloomy Octopus

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: benthic, inshore, predator.

Juvenile: continental shelf, oceanic, planktonic.

Inshore, predator.

 

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)
07-Feb-2014 OCTOPODIDAE 20-Jan-2014 MODIFIED Dr Mark Norman
29-Mar-2010 MODIFIED