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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	23 653009 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Grimpoteuthis meangensis   (Hoyle, 1885)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc. Family: 23 653 Opisthoteuthidae (octopods (flapjack devilfishes)) - show full list Common Name: [an octopod] Organism Type: an octopod Synonyms: Cirroteuthis meangensis Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Species not on current Australian list, but occuring in adjacent region: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 23 653905     Grimpoteuthis spp.

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WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342088 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2020-02-04 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Reid, A.L., Wilson, N.G., 2015. Octopuses of the Kermadec Islands: Discovery and description of a new member of the Octopus 'vulgaris' complex (O. jollyorum, sp. nov.) and the first description of a male Callistoctopus kermadecensis (Berry, 1914)., Bulletin of the Auckland Museum, Vol. 20: 349-368.
Scientific Name verified against:	WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.