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Taxonomy
Family:
OCTOPODIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Octopodiformes (Superorder)
> Octopoda (Order)
> Octopodoidea (Superfamily)
> Octopodidae (Family)
> Macroctopus (Genus)
> maorum (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Octopus (Macroctopus) Robson, 1928
Synonymised Names:
=Octopus communis Park, 1885
=Octopus flindersi Cotton, 1932
=Octopus maorum Hutton, 1880
=Octopus australis Benham not Hoyle
=Pinnoctopus cordiformis O'Shea not Quoy & Gaimard
Images: Macroctopus maorum (Hutton, 1880)
Under a ledge in a shallow subtidal pool, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©tangatawhenua
Taxonomy
Family:
OCTOPODIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Cephalopoda (Class)
> Coleoida (Subclass)
> Octopodiformes (Superorder)
> Octopoda (Order)
> Octopodoidea (Superfamily)
> Octopodidae (Family)
> Macroctopus (Genus)
> maorum (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Octopus (Macroctopus) Robson, 1928
Synonymised Names:
=Octopus communis Park, 1885
=Octopus flindersi Cotton, 1932
=Octopus maorum Hutton, 1880
=Octopus australis Benham not Hoyle
=Pinnoctopus cordiformis O'Shea not Quoy & Gaimard
Details: Macroctopus maorum (Hutton, 1880)
Distribution:
North, South, Stewart, Chatham, Auckland and Campbell Islands
Geographical Range:
ACFAn
Notes:
Common Octopus Wheke, Marine
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.130)
  • O'Shea, S. 1999 The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda), NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, Wellington, 112 (p.135)
  • Anderson, T.J. 1999 Morphology and biology of Octopus maorum Hutton, 1880 in northern New Zealand, Bulletin of Marine Science, 65 (p.657)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.444)

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
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