Octopus maorum

Octopus maorum
Octopus maorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Octopodidae
Subfamily: Octopodinae
Genus: Octopus
Species: O. maorum
Binomial name
Octopus maorum
Hutton, 1880
Synonyms
  • Octopus communis
    Park, 1885
  • Octopus flindersi
    Cotton, 1932
  • Paroctopus zealandicus
    Benham, 1944

Octopus maorum, the Maori octopus or New Zealand octopus (wheke in Maori), is found in the waters around New Zealand and southern Australia.[1] It lives around reefs and consumes crustaceans. The female takes good care of her eggs during the 11 weeks before they hatch.[2]

References

External identifiers for Octopus maorum
EOL 491696
ITIS 556225
NCBI 158817
WoRMS 341995
  1. ^ T. J. Anderson (1999). "Morphology and biology of Octopus maorum Hutton 1880 in northern New Zealand". Bulletin of Marine Science 65 (3): 657–676. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1999/00000065/00000003/art00005. 
  2. ^ E. J. Batham (1957). "Care of eggs by Octopus maorum". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 84 (3): 629–638. http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_84/rsnz_84_03_005810.pdf. 
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