CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Cephalopoda (class) » Octopoda (order) » Octopodidae (family)

CAAB Code:	23 659004 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Octopus pallidus Hoyle, 1885
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
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Family:	23 659 Octopodidae (octopus) - show full list
Common Name (AS 5300):	Pale Octopus
Common Names List:	pale 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 645003, 645003

Distribution map:
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Occurrence locations [1] shown as red circles - View CSIRO Catch records

Taxon Notes:

This code replaces previous (interim) CAAB code 00 645003 (FISHLIST 645003).

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:0cc9881b-4f37-4769-8f60-f6cda4898a39 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
ITIS	556188 View at ITIS
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342015 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Record source:	Norman, M. Reid, A., 2000, A guide to squid, cuttlefish and octopuses of Australasia. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Vic.
Scientific Name verified against:	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.

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