WoRMS taxon details
Octopus berrima Stranks & Norman, 1992
341950 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:341950)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Stranks, T.N. & Norman, M.D. (1992). Review of the <i>Octopus australis</i> complex from Australia and New Zealand, with description of a new species (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 53(2): 345-373., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39767404
page(s): 355, figs 3, 6-11 [details]
page(s): 355, figs 3, 6-11 [details]
Type locality contained in Victoria (Australian state)
type locality contained in Victoria (Australian state) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Octopus berrima Stranks & Norman, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=341950 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Stranks, T.N. & Norman, M.D. (1992). Review of the <i>Octopus australis</i> complex from Australia and New Zealand, with description of a new species (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 53(2): 345-373., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39767404
page(s): 355, figs 3, 6-11 [details]
basis of record Norman M.D., Finn J.K. & Hochberg F.G. (2014). Family Octopodidae. pp. 36-215, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date</i>. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls.
page(s): 190 [details]
page(s): 355, figs 3, 6-11 [details]
basis of record Norman M.D., Finn J.K. & Hochberg F.G. (2014). Family Octopodidae. pp. 36-215, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date</i>. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO].</em> 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls.
page(s): 190 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. <i>Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin</i> 66:127–154. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
