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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	23 659001 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Octopus australis   Hoyle, 1885
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc. Family: 23 659 Octopodidae (octopus) - show full list Common Name (AS5300): Hammer Octopus Common Names List: Hammer Octopus Organism Type: an octopus Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 23 659901     Octopus spp. Previous Codes (if any): 00 645006

Taxon Notes:	This code replaces previous (interim) CAAB code 00 645006 (FISHLIST 645006).
Scientific Name Notes:	While this species is currently included in the genus Octopus, the generic placement is uncertain and this group is in urgent need of revision.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:087a6334-8cd5-4821-a8cb-7c50135096ab Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia ITIS 556177 View at ITIS WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:341948 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Norman, M.D., Finn, J.K., Hochberg, F.G., 2014. Family Octopodidae. In: Jereb, P. Roper, C.F.E. Norman, M.D. Fin, J.K., Editors, Cephalopods of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 3. Octopods and vampire squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fisheries Purposes. No. 4.: 36-215. FAO, Rome 370pp.
Scientific Name verified against:	Reid, A.L., 2016, Cephalopods of Australia and Sub-Antarctic Territories. CSIRO Publishing, Clayton South 446pp.