WoRMS taxon details

Thaumoctopus mimicus Norman & Hochberg, 2005

342403  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342403)

accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Norman, M.D. & Hochberg, F.G. (2005). The “mimic Octopus”(<em>Thaumoctopus mimicus</em> n. gen. et sp.), a new octopus from the tropical Indo-West Pacific (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae). <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 25(2): 57-70., available online at http://www.mapress.com/mr/content/v25/2005f/n2p070.htm
page(s): 58 [details]   
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Thaumoctopus mimicus Norman & Hochberg, 2005. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342403 on 2024-03-19
Date
action
by
2008-03-27 18:55:09Z
created
2010-10-26 18:10:50Z
checked
2017-11-29 06:28:13Z
changed

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original description Norman, M.D. & Hochberg, F.G. (2005). The “mimic Octopus”(<em>Thaumoctopus mimicus</em> n. gen. et sp.), a new octopus from the tropical Indo-West Pacific (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae). <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 25(2): 57-70., available online at http://www.mapress.com/mr/content/v25/2005f/n2p070.htm
page(s): 58 [details]   

basis of record Norman M.D., Finn J.K. & Hochberg F.G. (2014). Family Octopodidae. pp. 36-215, 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.
page(s): 179 [details]   

additional source van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

LanguageName 
English mimic octopus  [details]
German Mimik-Oktopus  [details]
Japanese ミミックオクトパス  [details]