Species List for Family: Octopodidae
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- Pinnoctopus kermadecensis (Berry, 1914)
Marine, Native - Endemic, Intertidal and shallow subtidal
Kermadec Islands
K - Enteroctopus zealandicus Benham, 1944
Animal 1.4m
Marine, Native - Endemic
East coast South Island, Chatham Rise, Southern Plateau
CFMAn - Graneledone challengeri (Berry, 1916)
Marine, Native - Endemic, Benthic
Kermadec Islands, below 700 metres
K - Macroctopus maorum (Hutton, 1880)
Common Octopus Wheke, Marine
North, South, Stewart, Chatham, Auckland and Campbell Islands
ACFAn
- Octopus sp O'Shea, 1999
Marine 
- Pareledone sp. O'Shea, 1999
Marine
Key to 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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