Species Callistoctopus aspilosomatis (Norman, 1993)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Octopus aspilosomatis Norman, M.D. 1993. Four new octopus species of the Octopus macropus group (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 53(2): 267-308 [Date published 1993: imprint date 31 December 1992; available 1993] [279].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV F67001 ♂ (42.1 mm), Russell Is., Frankland Group, QLD, <0.1 m [17°14'S 146°06'E].
  Paratype(s) NMV F60148 ♂ (42.2 mm), Casuarina Beach, Lizard Is., QLD, 0.1 m [14°41'S 145°27'E]; NMV F60149 ♂ (44.7 mm), Coconut Beach, Lizard Is., Tryon Is., QLD, <0.1 m [14°40'S 145°28'E]; NMV F60147 ♀ (56.8 mm), Russell Is., Frankland Group, QLD, <0.1 m [17°14'S 146°06'E]; NMV F60145 ♀ (67.1 mm), Casuarina Beach, Lizard Is., QLD, 0.1 m [14°41'S 145°27'E].

Generic Combinations

• Callistoctopus aspilosomatis (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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: benthic, continental shelf, nocturnal, predator.

Juvenile: continental shelf, planktonic.

Continental shelf.

General References

Norman, M.D. 1993. Four new octopus species of the Octopus macropus group (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 53(2): 267-308 [Date published 1993: imprint date 31 December 1992; available 1993] (life history, behaviour, distribution)

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