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Species Galeoctopus lateralis Norman, Boucher & Hochberg, 2004

Sharkclub Octopus

  • Type data:
     Holotype MNHNN 3787 1♂, Tonga, North Kotu group, 417-424 m [19°52'S 174°42'W].
    Paratype(s) MNHNN 2115 1♂, Loyaute Ridge, off Lifou Island, New Caledonia, 380 m [20°47'S 167°05'E]; MNHNN 2118 1♂, east coast, New Caledonia, 410-430 [20°35'S 164°58'E]; MNHNN 3786 1♂, North Ha’apai group, Tonga, 391-402 m [19°42'S 174°31'W]; MNHNN 2114 1♂, south of Espiritu Santo Island, Vanuatu, 398-400 m [15°41'S 167°02'E]; MNHNN 3771 1♂, south-east Vanua Levu, Fiji, 360-380 m [16°39'S 179°37'E]; MV F76981 1♀, off Great Barrier Reef, east of Tully, 220 m [18°00'S 147°01'E]; MV F97380 1♂, off Great Barrier Reef, east of Tully, QLD, 300-302 m [17°59'S 147°05'E- 17°59'S 146°06'E]; MV F97379 1♂, off Great Barrier Reef, east of Tully, QLD, Australia, 220 m [17°59'S 147°01'E- 17°57'S 146°58'E]; MNHNN unreg. 1♂, Makassar Strait, Indonesia, 252-215 m [1°57S 119°15'E]; MNHNN unreg. 1♀, Makassar Strait, Indonesia, 180-220 m [1°57S 119°15'E].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Tropical central and western Pacific Ocean (Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Australia (Coral Sea), Makassar Strait (Indonesia) and the Philippines


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Central Eastern Transition (15)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Slope depths, c. 200-430 m

 

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)
OCTOPODIDAE 08-Oct-2010 ADDED Dr Mark Norman