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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	23 659921 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Octopodidae
Rank:	Family

CAAB category: 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc. Family: 23 659 Octopodidae (octopus) - show full list Common Name: octopus Common Names List: octopos Organism Type: an octopus Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 23 659000     Octopodidae, Eledonidae, Megaleledonidae, Bathypolypodidae, Enteroctopodidae Child Codes: 23 659917     Abdopus spp. 23 659904     Ameloctopus spp. 23 659903     Amphioctopus spp. 23 659920     Callistoctopus spp. 23 659928     Galeoctopus spp. 23 659908     Grimpella spp. 23 659909     Hapalochlaena spp. 23 659929     Histoctopus spp. 23 659919     Macroctopus spp. 23 659901     Octopus spp. 23 659913     Pinnoctopus spp. 23 659915     Scaeurgus spp. 23 659930     Thaumoctopus spp. 23 659914     Wunderpus spp.

Taxon Notes:	This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to family level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:26e7733f-64dc-47dc-9582-382dc3daea48 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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Strugnell, J.M., Norman, M.D., Vecchione, M., Guzik, M., Allcock, A.L., 2014. The ink sac clouds octopod evolutionary history., Hydrobiologia, Vol. 725: 215-235. . doi:10.1007/s10750-013-1517-6 doi:10.1007/s10750-013-1517-6