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Taxonomy
Family:
ENTEROCTOPODIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Octopodiformes (Superorder)
> Octopoda (Order)
> Octopodoidea (Superfamily)
> Enteroctopodidae (Family)
> Muusoctopus (Genus)
> tangaroa (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=enthoctopus tangaroa O'Shea, 1999
=Octopus sp. Kubodera in Amaoka et al
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Taxonomy
Family:
ENTEROCTOPODIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Octopodiformes (Superorder)
> Octopoda (Order)
> Octopodoidea (Superfamily)
> Enteroctopodidae (Family)
> Muusoctopus (Genus)
> tangaroa (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=enthoctopus tangaroa O'Shea, 1999
=Octopus sp. Kubodera in Amaoka et al
Details: Muusoctopus tangaroa O'Shea, 1999
Geographical Range:
CFMAn
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • O'Shea, S. 1999 The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda), NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, Wellington, 112 (p.202)
  • Kubodera, T. 1990 Onychoteuthidae, Lepidoteuthidae, Histioteuthidae, Cranchidae, Octopodidae. Fishes collected by the R/V/ Shinkai Maru around New Zealand. K. Amaoka, K. Matsuura, T. Inadaet al, Japan Marine Fisheries Resource Research Center (p.351)

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