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Taxonomy
Family:
ALLOPOSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Octopodiformes (Superorder)
> Octopoda (Order)
> Incirrata (Suborder)
> Argonautoidea (Superfamily)
> Alloposidae (Family)
> Haliphron (Genus)
> atlanticus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Alloposina Grimpe, 1922
=Alloposus Verrill, 1880
=Heptapus Joubin, 1929
Synonymised Names:
=Alloposus hardyi Robson, 1930
=Alloposus mollis Verrill, 1880
=Haliphron hardyi (Robson, 1930)
=Haliphron pacificus (Ijima & Ikeda, 1902)
=Heptapus danai Joubin, 1929
Images: Haliphron atlanticus Steenstrup, 1861
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Taxonomy
Family:
ALLOPOSIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Octopodiformes (Superorder)
> Octopoda (Order)
> Incirrata (Suborder)
> Argonautoidea (Superfamily)
> Alloposidae (Family)
> Haliphron (Genus)
> atlanticus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Alloposina Grimpe, 1922
=Alloposus Verrill, 1880
=Heptapus Joubin, 1929
Synonymised Names:
=Alloposus hardyi Robson, 1930
=Alloposus mollis Verrill, 1880
=Haliphron hardyi (Robson, 1930)
=Haliphron pacificus (Ijima & Ikeda, 1902)
=Heptapus danai Joubin, 1929
Details: Haliphron atlanticus Steenstrup, 1861
Geographical Range:
M
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • O'Shea, S. 2004 The giant octopus Haliphron atlanticus (Mollusca: Octopoda) in New Zealand waters, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 31(1) (p.9)
  • O'Shea, S. 2002 Haliphron atlanticus - a giant gelatinous octopus, Biodiversity Update, NIWA, 5 (p.1)
  • O'Shea, S. 1997 Status of three octopoda recorded from New Zealand, based on beaks recovered from long-distance foraging marine predators, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 24(3) (p.265)
  • Sweeney, M.J., Roper, C.F.E., Mangold, K.M., Clark, M.R., Boletzy, S.V. 1992 'Larval' and juvenile cephalopods: A manual for their identification, Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 513 (p.227)
  • Kristensen, T.K., Knudsen, J. 1983 A catalogue of the type specimens of Cephalopoda (Mollusca) in the Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Steenstrupia, 9 (p.221)
  • Clark, M.R., MacLeod, N. 1982 Cephalopod remains from the stomachs of sperm whales caught in the Tasman Sea, Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, 43 (p.35)

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