MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Callistoctopus kermadecensis (S. S. Berry, 1914). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=535757 on 2025-04-17
basis of recordNorman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. <i>Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin</i> 66:127–154.[details]
Taxonomy
status sourceReid A.L. & Wilson N.G. (2015). Octopuses of the Kermadec Islands: Discovery and description of a new member of the <i>Octopus ‘vulgaris'</i> complex (<i>O. jollyorum</i>, sp. nov.) and the first description of a male <i>Callistoctopus kermadecensis</i> (Berry, 1914). <em>Bulletin of the Auckland Museum.</em> 20: 349-368., available online athttp://www.biodiversitymarine.com/uploads/2/3/8/8/23884387/reid_wilson2015.pdf[details]
Other
additional sourceSpencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011). Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone. , available online athttp://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz[details]
additional sourceBraid, H.E. & Bolstad, K.S.R. (2019). Cephalopod biodiversity of the Kermadec Islands; implications for conservation and some future taxonomic priorities. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 33: 402-425. page(s): 409 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality