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OCTOPODIDAE

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Accepted

Name authority: AFD

Octopus

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Names and sources

Accepted Name	Source
OCTOPODIDAE	AFD

Synonym	Source
Octopus macropus Risso, 1826 excluded	AFD
Published in:Lu, C.C. 2001, "Cephalopoda", Ed. Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds), Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 17.2 Mollusca: Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda, 129-308, CSIRO Publishing, Australia, Melbourne p162 (records the species from QLD, NSW, WA, but also states that these records are probably misidentifications)
Octopus filamentosus Blainville, 1826 excluded	AFD
Published in:Lu, C.C. 2001, "Cephalopoda", Ed. Wells, A. & Houston, W.W.K. (eds), Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 17.2 Mollusca: Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda, 129-308, CSIRO Publishing, Australia, Melbourne p162 (species listed from SA)
Octopus aegina Gray, 1849 excluded	AFD
Published in:Norman, M.D. & Reid, A.L. 2000, A Guide to Squid, Cuttlefish and Octopus of Australasia, 96, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood p59 (states distribution from India to Philippines, but does not include Australia)
Hapalochlaena lunulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) excluded	AFD
Published in:Norman, M.D. & Reid, A.L. 2000, A Guide to Squid, Cuttlefish and Octopus of Australasia, 96, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood p57 (recorded species from Australia: WA, NT, QLD)
Octopus vulgaris Lamarck, 1798 excluded	AFD
Published in:Cox, J.C. 1882, "Australian Octopodidae", Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, vol. 6, 773-789 (the only record of <i>Octopus vulgaris</i> from Australian waters)

Common Name	Source
Octopus standard Australia	CAAB
Octopus standard Australia	CAAB
Octopos Australia	CAAB

Name	Source
Octopodidae accepted	CAAB
This group has recently been revised, and five distinct families are now recognised. This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.
Bare scientific name reallocated to OCTOPODIDAE by taxonomy builder
OCTOPODIDAE accepted	AFD
Octopodidae accepted	CAAB
This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to family level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.
Bare scientific name reallocated to OCTOPODIDAE by taxonomy builder
Octopodidae accepted	NZOR

Identifier	Source
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/26e7733f-64dc-47dc-9582-382dc3daea48 Taxon Concept current	AFD
23659000 Taxon current	CAAB
http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/26e7733f-64dc-47dc-9582-382dc3daea48 Taxon unknown	AFD
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:26e7733f-64dc-47dc-9582-382dc3daea48 Taxon LSID unknown	AFD
23659000 Taxon Concept current	CAAB
http://data.nzor.org.nz/names/212f411c-5bcf-441a-a188-def651475ca0 Scientific Name current	NZOR
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/d0113767-bdc7-41c6-9637-9a7f5bf09d72 Scientific Name current	AFD
23659921 Taxon Concept current	CAAB
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/26e7733f-64dc-47dc-9582-382dc3daea48 Taxon current	AFD
NZOR-6-24568 Taxon current	NZOR
23659921 Taxon current	CAAB

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Classification

kingdom: ANIMALIA

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