World Register of Deep-Sea species - Muusoctopus tangaroa (O'Shea, 1999)

Deep-Sea taxon details

Muusoctopus tangaroa (O'Shea, 1999)

AphiaID

527166 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:527166)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Muusoctopus Gleadall, 2004

Orig. name

Benthoctopus tangaroa O'Shea, 1999

Synonymised names

Benthoctopus tangaroa O'Shea, 1999 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Benthoctopus tangaroa O'Shea, 1999) O'Shea, S. (1999). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir. 112 : 1-280.
page(s): 202 [details] Available for editors

Type data

Holotype (of Benthoctopus tangaroa O'Shea, 1999) NIWA 7546

Holotype (of Benthoctopus tangaroa O'Shea, 1999) NIWA 7546 [details]

, Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone

type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - endemic) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Muusoctopus tangaroa (O'Shea, 1999). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527166 on 2024-04-23

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2024). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Muusoctopus tangaroa (O'Shea, 1999). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527166 on 2024-04-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-09-26 17:15:50Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2016-05-02 08:47:39Z

changed

Finn, Julian

2016-08-29 04:31:40Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2017-11-08 22:20:43Z

changed

Finn, Julian

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Benthoctopus tangaroa O'Shea, 1999) O'Shea, S. (1999). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir. 112 : 1-280.
page(s): 202 [details] Available for editors

new combination reference Gleadall I.G., Guerrero-Kommritz J., Hochberg F.G. & Laptikhovsky V.V. (2010) The inkless octopuses (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) of the Southwest Atlantic. Zoological Science 27:528-553. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Holotype (of Benthoctopus tangaroa O'Shea, 1999) NIWA 7546 [details]

To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Benthoctopus tangaroa O'Shea, 1999)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)