Octopus kermadecensis

Octopus kermadecensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Cephalopoda
Order:Octopoda
Family:Octopodidae
Genus:Octopus
Species: O. kermadecensis
Binomial name
Octopus kermadecensis
(Berry, 1914)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Callistoctopus kermadecensis (Berry, 1914)
  • Pinnoctopus kermadecensis (Berry, 1914)
  • Polypus kermadecensis Berry, 1914

Octopus kermadecensis is a species of octopus in the genus Octopus. It is endemic to the Kermadec Islands. it was fisrt described as Poypus kermadecnsis in 1914 from a female specimen, no male specimen was collected and described until 2011.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2018). "Octopus kermadecensis (Berry, 1914)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  2. ↑ Amanda L. Reid & Nerida G. Wilson (2015). "Octopuses of the Kermadec Islands: Discovery and description of a new member of the "Octopus" '"vulgaris"' complex (O. jollyorum, sp. nov.) and the first description of a male Callistoctopus kermadecensis (Berry, 1914)". Bulletin of the Auckland Musem. 20 Kermadec Biodiscovery Expedition 2011: 349–368.
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