Species Grimpella thaumastocheir Robson, 1928

Museums

Regional Maps

• 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.

  Secondary source:

   Robson, G.C. 1929. A Monograph of the Recent Cephalopoda. Pt 1 The Octopodinae. London : British Museum (Natural History) 236 pp., 7 pls.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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)

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