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Species Octopus maorum Hutton, 1880

Maori Octopus

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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.

 

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