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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	23 659911 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Microeledone spp.
Rank:	Genus

CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc. Family: 23 659 Megaleledonidae (octopus) - show full list Common Name: [an octopus] Organism Type: an octopus Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 23 659923     Megaleledonidae Child Codes: 23 659048     Microeledone mangoldae

Taxon Notes:

This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.

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Record source:	Norman, M.D., Hochberg, F.G., Boucher-Rodoni, R., 2004. Microeledone mangoldi n. gen. and n. sp., a deep-water pygmy octopus from the Norfolk Ridge, New Caledonia (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae)., Molluscan Research, Vol. 24: 193-209.
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.