CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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

CAAB Code: 23 659916 show as JSON
Scientific Name
and 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: Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat: Marine unspecified
Parent Codes: 23 659925     Enteroctopodidae
Child Codes: 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.
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Scientific Name
verified against:		 Gleadall, I.G., 2004. Some old and new genera of octopus., Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Vol. 10(2): 99-112.
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