Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
- CAAB Code
- 23 659916 Show as JSON
- Scientific Name & Authority
- Muusoctopus spp.
- Rank
- Genus
- CAAB category
- 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
- Family
- 23 659 Enteroctopodidae (octopus) - show full list
- Common Name
- [an octopus]
- Organism Type
- an octopus
- Synonyms
- Benthoctopus spp.
- Taxon lists
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Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
- Habitat
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Marine unspecified
- Parent Codes
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23 659925
Enteroctopodidae
- Child Codes
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23 659051
Muusoctopus clyderoperi
23 659054 Muusoctopus karubar
23 659008 Muusoctopus levis
23 659050 Muusoctopus tangaroa
23 659052 Muusoctopus tegginmathae
23 659053 Muusoctopus thielei
- 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.
- Scientific Name Notes
- While all species from this region previously assigned to Benthoctopus are now included in Muusoctopus, other Benthoctopus species, including the type species, are now placed in the genus Bathypolypus.
- Scientific Name verified against
- Gleadall, I.G., 2004. Some old and new genera of octopus., Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Vol. 10(2): 99-112.