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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	23 659002 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Octopus berrima   Stranks & Norman, 1993
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc. Family: 23 659 Octopodidae (octopus) - show full list Common Name: southern keeled 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 645001, 645001, 00 610012

Taxon Notes:	This code replaces previous (interim) CAAB code 00 610012 (FISHLIST 610012).
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:bdb68576-3dae-4ba9-a55f-556f59505c0e Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia ITIS 556534 View at ITIS WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:341950 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-12 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Gowlett-Holmes, K.L., 2008, A field guide to the marine invertebrates of South Australia. notomares, Hobart, TAS 333pp.
Scientific Name verified against:	Reid, A.L., 2016, Cephalopods of Australia and Sub-Antarctic Territories. CSIRO Publishing, Clayton South 446pp.