MolluscaBase taxon details
Amphioctopus mototi (Norman, 1993)
535841 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:535841)
accepted
Species
Octopus mototi Norman, 1993 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Octopus mototi Norman, 1993) Norman, M.D. (1993). Ocellate octopuses (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia: description of two new species and redescription of <em>Octopus polyzenia</em> Grey, 1849. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria.</em> 53(2): 309-344., available online at https://museumsvictoria.com.au/media/4926/jmmv19925314.pdf
page(s): 329 [details]
page(s): 329 [details]
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(of Octopus mototi Norman, 1993) Norman, M.D. (1993). Ocellate octopuses (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia: description of two new species and redescription of <em>Octopus polyzenia</em> Grey, 1849. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria.</em> 53(2): 309-344., available online at https://museumsvictoria.com.au/media/4926/jmmv19925314.pdf
page(s): 329 [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]
additional source 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): 77 [details]
page(s): 329 [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]
additional source 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): 77 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
