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Taxonomy
Family:
OCTOPODIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Octopodiformes (Superorder)
> Octopoda (Order)
> Octopodoidea (Superfamily)
> Octopodidae (Family)
> Macroctopus (Genus)
> maorum (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Octopus (Macroctopus) Robson, 1928
Synonymised Names:
=Octopus communis Park, 1885
=Octopus flindersi Cotton, 1932
=Octopus maorum Hutton, 1880
=Octopus australis Benham not Hoyle
=Pinnoctopus cordiformis O'Shea not Quoy & Gaimard
Images: Macroctopus maorum (Hutton, 1880)
Under a ledge in a shallow subtidal pool, 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)
> Macroctopus (Genus)
> maorum (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Octopus (Macroctopus) Robson, 1928
Synonymised Names:
=Octopus communis Park, 1885
=Octopus flindersi Cotton, 1932
=Octopus maorum Hutton, 1880
=Octopus australis Benham not Hoyle
=Pinnoctopus cordiformis O'Shea not Quoy & Gaimard
Details: Macroctopus maorum (Hutton, 1880)
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart, Chatham, Auckland and Campbell Islands
Notes:
Common Octopus 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.130)
  • O'Shea, S. 1999 The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda), NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, Wellington, 112 (p.135)
  • Anderson, T.J. 1999 Morphology and biology of Octopus maorum Hutton, 1880 in northern New Zealand, Bulletin of Marine Science, 65 (p.657)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.444)

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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