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Taxonomy
Family:
OCTOPODIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Octopodiformes (Superorder)
> Octopoda (Order)
> Octopodoidea (Superfamily)
> Octopodidae (Family)
> Octopus (Genus)
> tetricus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Polypus Leach, 1817
Synonymised Names:
=Octopus australis Dell not Hoyle
=Octopus gibbsi O'Shea, 1999
Images: Octopus tetricus A.A. Gould, 1852
Sublittoral, about 30 cm deep, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©tangatawhenua
Sublittoral, about 30 cm deep, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©tangatawhenua
Taxonomy
Family:
OCTOPODIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Octopodiformes (Superorder)
> Octopoda (Order)
> Octopodoidea (Superfamily)
> Octopodidae (Family)
> Octopus (Genus)
> tetricus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Polypus Leach, 1817
Synonymised Names:
=Octopus australis Dell not Hoyle
=Octopus gibbsi O'Shea, 1999
Details: Octopus tetricus A.A. Gould, 1852
Notes:
Wheke, Marine
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References and Publications
  • Norman, M.D., Hochberg, F. 2005 The current state of octopus taxonomy, Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin, 66 (p.128)
  • O'Shea, S. 1999 The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda), NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, Wellington, 112 (p.120)
  • Anderson, T.J. 1999 Morphology and biology of Octopus maorum Hutton, 1880 in northern New Zealand, Bulletin of Marine Science, 65 (p.670)

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
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