Species Octopus maorum Hutton, 1880
Maori Octopus
- Octopus maorum Hutton, F.W. 1880. Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. Wellington : Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department 224 pp. [1].
Type data:
Syntype(s) CMNZ, Dunedin, New Zealand;
Status unknown, OMNZ, Dunedin, New Zealand. - Octopus flindersi Cotton, B.C. 1932. Notes on Australian Mollusca, with descriptions of new genera and new species. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 4: 537-547 [543].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D10169 ♂ (176 mm), Largs Bay, SA [34°49'S 138°29'E].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Stranks, T.S. 1998. The systematic and nomenclatural status of the Octopodinae described from Australia (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 586: 529-547 [536]
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: benthic, inshore, predator.
Juvenile: benthic, inshore.
Paralarva: planktonic.
Inshore, predator.
Common Name References
Norman, M.D. & Reid, A.L. 2000. A Guide to Squid, Cuttlefish and Octopus of Australasia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing 96 pp. [67] (Maori Octopus)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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07-Feb-2014 | OCTOPODIDAE | 20-Jan-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Mark Norman |
29-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |