WoRMS taxon details

Macroctopus maorum (F. W. Hutton, 1880)

535605  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:535605)

accepted
Species
Octopus communis Park, 1885 · unaccepted (synonym)
Octopus flindersi Cotton, 1932 · unaccepted (synonym)
Octopus maorum F. W. Hutton, 1880 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Octopus maorum F. W. Hutton, 1880) Hutton, F. W. (1880). Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. A systematic and descriptive catalogue of the marine and land shells, and of the soft Polyzoa of New Zealand and the adjacent islands. <em>Wellington: Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department.</em> xvi, iv, 224., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13296852
page(s): 1 [details]   
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - non-endemic[details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Macroctopus maorum (F. W. Hutton, 1880). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=535605 on 2024-03-19
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2010-10-22 18:03:32Z
created
2016-05-08 02:18:57Z
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2016-05-18 21:50:52Z
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2017-11-27 22:18:06Z
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2020-05-04 20:35:20Z
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2023-09-09 19:58:20Z
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original description  (of Octopus maorum F. W. Hutton, 1880) Hutton, F. W. (1880). Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. A systematic and descriptive catalogue of the marine and land shells, and of the soft Polyzoa of New Zealand and the adjacent islands. <em>Wellington: Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department.</em> xvi, iv, 224., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13296852
page(s): 1 [details]   

original description  (of Octopus communis Park, 1885) Park, J. (1885). Description of a new <em>Octopus</em>. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 17(21): 198-199., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33522987
page(s): 198 [details]   

original description  (of Octopus flindersi Cotton, 1932) Cotton, B. C. (1932). Notes on Australian mollusca, with descriptions of new genera and new species. <em>Records of The South Australian Museum.</em> 4(4): 537-547., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41026749#page/561/mode/1up
page(s): 543, figs 4, 6 [details]   

basis of record Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. <i>Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin</i> 66:127–154. [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

LanguageName 
English New Zealand octopusMaori octopus  [details]
German Maorikrake  [details]