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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 659038 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and Authority
:

Octopus micros   Norman, 2001

Rank: Species
CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
Family: 23 659 Octopodidae (octopus) - show full list
Common Name: pygmy 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.
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:4d5077e1-c9fb-4cf0-b2d0-547209e281e1
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:457972
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: Norman, M.D., 2001. New octopus species from Queensland., Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, Vol. 46(2): 677-690.
Scientific Name
verified against
:
Reid, A.L., 2016, Cephalopods of Australia and Sub-Antarctic Territories. CSIRO Publishing, Clayton South 446pp.
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