Opisthoteuthis mero O'Shea, 1999
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- O’Shea, S. (1999). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, 112 : 1–280. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=140913
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Mollusca
- class
- Cephalopoda
- order
- Octopoda
- family
- Opisthoteuthidae
- genus
- Opisthoteuthis
- species
- Opisthoteuthis mero
Name
- Homonyms
- Opisthoteuthis mero O'Shea, 1999
- Common names
- Mero's Umbrella Octopus in English
- Polvo-dumbo-maori in Portuguese
- Pulpo Dumbo maorí in Spanish
Bibliographic References
- Collins, M. A. & Villanueva, R. (2006). Taxonomy, ecology and behaviour of the cirrate octopods. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review.</em> 44: 277-322.
- Hochberg F.G., Norman M.D. & Finn J.K. (2014). Family Opisthoteuthidae. pp. 248-261, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date</i>. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls.
- O'Shea, S. (1999). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 112 : 1-280.
- Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.