Mimic Octopus (species: Thaumoctopus mimicus) in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Thaumoctopus mimicus
Mimic Octopus


©Darren Coker: Mimic Octopus at Lizard Island

©Darren Coker: Mimic Octopus at Lizard Island

©Darren Coker: Mimic Octopus at Lizard Island

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Octopoda
Family Octopodidae
Genus Thaumoctopus
Species Thaumoctopus mimicus

Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Synonyms

Comments

This is Octopus sp. 19 in Norman (2000).

by Anne Hoggett

Distribution

Local abundance

  • Lizard Island: Rare, only one record by Darren Coker in 2012. The Lizard Island specimen is the only published record of the species in Australia.

Web resources

References

References that assist with identification

  • Norman, M. (2000). Cephalopods: A world guide ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany.

Other references

  • Coker, D.J. (2013). Documentation of the mimic octopus Thaumoctopus mimicus in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Marine Biodiversity Records, 6: e14. LIRS catalog number 1610.