Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
- CAAB Code
- 23 659925 Show as JSON
- Scientific Name & Authority
- Enteroctopodidae
- Rank
- Family
- CAAB category
- 23 - Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
- Family
- 23 659 Enteroctopodidae (octopus) - show full list
- Common Name
- octopus
- Common Names List
- octopos
- Organism Type
- an octopus
- 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 659000
Octopodidae, Eledonidae, Megaleledonidae, Bathypolypodidae, Enteroctopodidae
- Child Codes
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23 659906
Enteroctopus spp.
23 659916 Muusoctopus 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.
- Scientific Name verified against
- 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