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Taxonomy
Family:
TREMOCTOPODIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Octopodiformes (Superorder)
> Octopoda (Order)
> Incirrata (Suborder)
> Argonautoidea (Superfamily)
> Tremoctopodidae (Family)
> Tremoctopus (Genus)
> robsoni (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Octopus (Philonexis) d'Orbigny, 1835
=Philonexis d'Orbigny, 1835
Synonymised Names:
=Tremoctopus violaceus of authors not delle Chiaje
=Tremoctopus gracilis of authors not Eydoux & Souleyet
Images: Tremoctopus robsoni Kirk, 1884
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Taxonomy
Family:
TREMOCTOPODIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Octopodiformes (Superorder)
> Octopoda (Order)
> Incirrata (Suborder)
> Argonautoidea (Superfamily)
> Tremoctopodidae (Family)
> Tremoctopus (Genus)
> robsoni (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Octopus (Philonexis) d'Orbigny, 1835
=Philonexis d'Orbigny, 1835
Synonymised Names:
=Tremoctopus violaceus of authors not delle Chiaje
=Tremoctopus gracilis of authors not Eydoux & Souleyet
Details: Tremoctopus robsoni Kirk, 1884
Distribution:
Off Three Kings Islands, off Great Barrier Island and White Island
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • O'Shea, S. 1999 The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda), NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, Wellington, 112 (p.107)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.445)
  • Thomas, R.F. 1977 Systematics, distribution, and biology of Cephalopods of the genus Tremoctopus (Octopoda: Tremoctopodidae), Bulletin of Marine Science, 27(3) (p.369)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil