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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAmphioctopus aegina (Gray, 1849) 
AphiaID: 534097

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMollusca (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCephalopoda (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorColeoidea (Subclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOctopodiformes (Superorder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOctopoda (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorIncirrata (Suborder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOctopodoidea (Superfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOctopodidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAmphioctopus (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAmphioctopus aegina (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAmphioctopus P. Fischer, 1882
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOctopus aegina Gray, 1849 (original combination)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOctopus dollfusi Robson, 1928
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOctopus hardwickei Gray, 1849
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOctopus smedleyi Robson, 1932
Sources  basis of record (of Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOctopus aegina Gray, 1849) Roper, C.F.E., M.J. Sweeney & C.E. Nauen (1984). FAO Species catalogue. Vol 3. Cephalopods of the World. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries. FAO Fish. Synop. (125), Vol 3: 277 p. [details]

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Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorsandbird octopus [from synonym]Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editormarbled octopus [from synonym]  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution 
From other sources
Comores
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorComores [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Eritrea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorEritrea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Federal Republic of Somalia
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorSomalia [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Indian Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorIndian Ocean [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMtwapa [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorUngama Bay [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Kenya
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorKenya [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Madagascar
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMadagascar [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Mediterranean Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMediterranean Sea (introduced: alien) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorIsraeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (introduced: alien) [details]
Mozambique
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMozambique [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
North Pacific Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorWest North Pacific [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Red Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorRed Sea [details]
South Pacific Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorIndo-West Pacific [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Tanzania
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTanzania [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Barcode of Life (25 barcodes) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (40 nucleotides; 28 proteins) 
Note 
From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorIntroduced species vector dispersal in Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534097
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2010-10-17 13:28:46Z  created  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2014). Amphioctopus aegina (Gray, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534097 on 2015-01-26
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