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Taxonomy
Family:
OCTOPODIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Octopodiformes (Superorder)
> Octopoda (Order)
> Octopodoidea (Superfamily)
> Octopodidae (Family)
> Pinnoctopus (Genus)
> kermadecensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Callistoctopus kermadecensis (Berry, 1914)
=Octopus kermadecensis (Berry, 1914)
=Polypus kermadecensis Berry, 1914
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Taxonomy
Family:
OCTOPODIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Octopodiformes (Superorder)
> Octopoda (Order)
> Octopodoidea (Superfamily)
> Octopodidae (Family)
> Pinnoctopus (Genus)
> kermadecensis (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Callistoctopus kermadecensis (Berry, 1914)
=Octopus kermadecensis (Berry, 1914)
=Polypus kermadecensis Berry, 1914
Details: Pinnoctopus kermadecensis (Berry, 1914)
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands
Geographical Range:
K
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal and shallow subtidal
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Norman, M.D., Hochberg, F. 2005 The current state of octopus taxonomy, Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin, 66 (p.138)
  • O'Shea, S. 1999 The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda), NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, Wellington, 112 (p.143)
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.232)
  • Berry, S.S. 1914 Notes on a collection of Cephalopods from the Kermadec Islands, Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 46 (p.138) Original Description

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