Species Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849
Day Octopus
- Octopus cyanea Gray, J.E. 1849. Catalogue of the Mollusca in the Collection of the British Museum. 1. Cephalopoda Antepedia. London : British Museum (Natural History) 164 pp. [15].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1928.2.4.1 ♂, Australia (as coast of New Holland).Subsequent designation references:
Norman, M.D. 1992. Octoopus cyanea Gray, 1849 (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) in Australian waters: description, distribution and taxonomy. Bulletin of Marine Science 49(1–2): 20-38.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, inshore.
General References
Heukelem, W.F. 1983. Octopus cyanea. pp. 267-276 in Boyle, P.R. (ed.). Cephalopod Life Cycles. Vol. 1. Species Accounts. London : Academic Press xvii 474 pp. (life history)
Norman, M.D. 1992. Octoopus cyanea Gray, 1849 (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) in Australian waters: description, distribution and taxonomy. Bulletin of Marine Science 49(1–2): 20-38 (morphology, distribution)
Common Name References
Norman, M.D. & Reid, A.L. 2000. A Guide to Squid, Cuttlefish and Octopus of Australasia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing 96 pp. [64] (Day 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 |