Octopus communis Park, 1885

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Published in

Park, J. (1885). Description of a new Octopus. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 17(21): 198–199. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=287023

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Mollusca

class

Cephalopoda

order

Octopoda

family

Octopodidae

genus

Macroctopus

species

Macroctopus maorum

Name

Homonyms

Octopus communis Park, 1885

Bibliographic References

1. Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. <i>Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin</i> 66:127–154.
2. Park, J. (1885). Description of a new <em>Octopus</em>. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 17(21): 198-199.
3. Park, J., 1885: Description of a new Octopus. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 17 (21). 198-199.
4. Stranks, T. N. / N. A. Voss, M. Veccione, R. B. Toll and M. J. Sweeney, eds., 1998: The systematic and nomenclatural status of the Octopodinae described from Australia (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 586 (I-II). 529-547.