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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Cephalopoda (class) » Octopoda (order) » Octopodidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 23 659021 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849 |
Rank: | Species |
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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. | ||||
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Record source: | Lu, C.C., 2001. Cephalopoda. In: Wells, A. Houston, W. W. K. , Editors, Zoological catalogue of Australia. Volume 17.2. Mollusca: Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda: 129-308. 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. |