WoRMS taxon details
Vulcanoctopus tangaroa (O'Shea, 1999)
1775208 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1775208)
accepted
Species
Benthoctopus tangaroa O'Shea, 1999 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Muusoctopus tangaroa (O'Shea, 1999) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Benthoctopus tangaroa O'Shea, 1999) O'Shea, S. (1999). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 112 : 1-280.
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page(s): 202 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype (of Benthoctopus tangaroa O'Shea, 1999) NIWA 7546
, Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
Holotype (of Benthoctopus tangaroa O'Shea, 1999) NIWA 7546 [details]
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - endemic) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Vulcanoctopus tangaroa (O'Shea, 1999). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1775208 on 2026-08-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Benthoctopus tangaroa O'Shea, 1999) O'Shea, S. (1999). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 112 : 1-280.
page(s): 202 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 202 [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
additional source
Marshall, B. A., Bolstad, K. S. R. & Enderby, A. (2023). Checklist of extant Mollusca known from the New Zealand EEZ. In Walton, K., Marshall, B. A. & Spencer, H. G. (2023). Kingdom Animalia, phylum Mollusca (Clams, slugs, snails, cephalopods & others). Chapter 14 in Kelly, M., Terezow, M., Sim-Smith, C. & Nelson, W. (Eds) The marine biota of Aotearoa New Zealand. Updating our marine biodiversity. <em>NIWA Biodiversity Memoir.</em> 136: 221-237. [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Benthoctopus tangaroa O'Shea, 1999) NIWA 7546 [details]
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) (from synonym Muusoctopus tangaroa (O'Shea, 1999))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Muusoctopus tangaroa) (from synonym Muusoctopus tangaroa (O'Shea, 1999))
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Muusoctopus tangaroa (O'Shea, 1999))
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Benthoctopus tangaroa O'Shea, 1999)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Muusoctopus tangaroa (O'Shea, 1999))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Muusoctopus tangaroa) (from synonym Muusoctopus tangaroa (O'Shea, 1999))
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Muusoctopus tangaroa (O'Shea, 1999))
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Benthoctopus tangaroa O'Shea, 1999)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) (from synonym Muusoctopus tangaroa (O'Shea, 1999))
