Species Benthoctopus levis (Hoyle, 1885)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Octopus levis Hoyle, W.E. 1885. Diagnoses of new species of Cephalopoda collected during the cruise of H.M.S. Challenger. Pt 1. The Octopoda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 15: 222-236 [229].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, Southern Ocean [52°59'30"S 73°33'30"W].

 

Generic Combinations

• Benthoctopus levis (Hoyle, 1885). —
  Robson, G.C. 1932. A Monograph of the Recent Cephalopoda. Pt 2. The Octopoda (excluding the Octopodinae). London : British Museum (Natural History) 359 pp. 6 pls.

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Southern Ocean off Heard Island and Kerguelen Island.

Other Regions

Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Antarctic Region

• Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, predator.

 

General References

Lu, C.C. & Mangold, K. 1978. Cephalopods of the Kerguelenian province of the Indian Ocean. Proc. Int. Symp. Mar. Biogeogr. Evol. Southern Hemisphere, 2. 567-573 pp.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2014	OCTOPODIDAE	29-Apr-2011	MODIFIED	Dr Mark Norman
		29-Mar-2010	MODIFIED