Species Grimpella thaumastocheir Robson, 1928
Velvet Octopus
- Grimpella thaumastocheir Robson, G.C. 1928. Notes on the Cephalopoda. 6. On Grimpella, a new genus of Octopoda, with remarks on the classification of the Octopodinae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 2: 108-114 [108].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1928.4.3.1 ♂, Port Lincoln, SA.
Distribution
States
South Australia, Western Australia
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)
Ecological Descriptors
Coastal.
Common Name References
Norman, M.D. & Reid, A.L. 2000. A Guide to Squid, Cuttlefish and Octopus of Australasia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing 96 pp. [55] (Velvet Octopus)
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) |
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07-Feb-2014 | OCTOPODIDAE | 17-Jan-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Mark Norman |
29-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |