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Taxonomy
Family:
OCTOPOTEUTHIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Decapodiformes (Superorder)
> Oegopsida (Order)
> Octopoteuthidae (Family)
> Octopoteuthis (Genus)
> megaptera (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Octopodoteuthis Krohn, 1845
=Octopodoteuthopsis Pfeffer, 1912
=Verania Krohn, 1847
Images: Octopoteuthis megaptera (Verrill, 1885)
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Taxonomy
Family:
OCTOPOTEUTHIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Decapodiformes (Superorder)
> Oegopsida (Order)
> Octopoteuthidae (Family)
> Octopoteuthis (Genus)
> megaptera (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Octopodoteuthis Krohn, 1845
=Octopodoteuthopsis Pfeffer, 1912
=Verania Krohn, 1847
Details: Octopoteuthis megaptera (Verrill, 1885)
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A., Willan, R.C. 2002 Phylum Mollusca: clams, snails, chitons, squids, octopuses and kin. In Gordon, D.P. (ed.), The New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity: A Species 2000 Symposium Review, University of Canterbury Press (p.1)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil