Species of octopus
Octopus superciliosus frilled pygmy octopus )[ 1] [ 2] Jean René Constant Quoy and Joseph Paul Gaimard [ 3] Victoria during the 1826 to 1829 voyage of the Astrolabe [ 4]
Description
O. superciliosus is described as a pygmy species.[ 5] [ 4]
Distribution
O. superciliosus is found in southeastern Australia, ranging from the central Great Australian Bight to Twofold Bay in New South Wales .[ 6] [ 4] [ 5] O. superciliosus lives in sandy or mud bottoms, or among sponges or polyzoans .[ 4]
Life cycle
Female O. superciliosus lay large eggs, around 8-11 millimeters in length.[ 4] [ 6]
References
^ Finn, J.; Norman, M. (2014). "Octopus superciliosus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832, Frilled Pygmy Octopus" . Museums Victoria Collections . Retrieved 2023-02-01 . ^ "Species: Octopus superciliosus (Frilled Pygmy Octopus)" . Atlas of Living Australia . Retrieved 2023-02-01 .^ Lu, C. C.; Scheltema, A. M.; Gowlett-Holmes, K. (2001). Mollusca: Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda CSIRO Publishing . p. 164. ISBN 978-0-643-06707-3 ^ a b c d e Stranks, Timothy N. (1998). "The Systematic and Nomenclatural Status of the Octopodinae Described from Australia (Mollusca: Cephalopoda)". In Voss, Nancy A.; Vecchione, Michael; Toll, Roland B.; Sweeney, Michael J. (eds.). Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods Volume II (PDF) . Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. Vol. 586. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press . pp. 277– 599. doi :10.5479/si.00810282.586.277 . ^ a b Norman, M. D.; Finn, J. K. (2016). "Family Octopodidae". In Jereb, Patrizia; Roper, Clyde F. E.; Norman, Mark D.; Finn, Julian K. (eds.). Cephalopods of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cephalopod Species Known to Date Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations . ISBN 978-92-5-107989-8 ^ a b Stranks, Timothy N. (1996). "Biogeography of Octopus species (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from southeastern Australia" (PDF) . American Malacological Bulletin . 12 (1/2): 145– 151.
