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Taxonomy
Family:
GRIMPOTEUTHIDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Octopodiformes (Superorder)
> Octopoda (Order)
> Cirrata (Suborder)
> Grimpoteuthididae (Family)
> Grimpoteuthis (Genus)
> innominata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Enigmatiteuthis O'Shea, 1999
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Taxonomy
Family:
GRIMPOTEUTHIDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Octopodiformes (Superorder)
> Octopoda (Order)
> Cirrata (Suborder)
> Grimpoteuthididae (Family)
> Grimpoteuthis (Genus)
> innominata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Enigmatiteuthis O'Shea, 1999
Details: Grimpoteuthis innominata O'Shea, 1999
Geographical Range:
M
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Collins, M.A. 2003 The genus Grimpoteuthis (Octopoda: Grimpoteuthidae) in the north-east Atlantic, with descriptions of three new species, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 139 (p.125)
  • O'Shea, S. 1999 The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda), NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, Wellington, 112 (p.48)

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