Abdopus
{{Short description|Genus of octopuses}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image =
| image_caption = Abdopus horridus
| taxon = Abdopus
| authority = Norman & Finn, 2001
| type_species = Octopus horridus
| type_species_authority = d'Orbigny, 1826
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text.
| synonyms= Octopus (Abdopus) Norman & Finn, 2001
}}
File:Long_arm_octopus_(Abdopus_sp.)_(28655579077).jpg
Abdopus is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Abdopus Norman & Finn, 2001. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=409947 on 2015-02-02
Species
- Abdopus abaculus (Norman & Sweeney, 1997) – mosaic octopus
- Abdopus aculeatus (d'Orbigny, 1834) – algae octopus
- Abdopus capricornicus (Norman & Finn, 2001)
- Abdopus horridus (d'Orbigny, 1826) – Red Sea octopus
- Abdopus tenebricus (Smith, 1884)
- Abdopus tonganus (Hoyle, 1885)
- Abdopus undulatus Huffard, 2007 Huffard, C.L. 2007. [http://www.mapress.com/mr/content/v27/2007f/n3p170.htm Four new species of shallow water pygmy octopus (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) from the Kingdom of Tonga]. Molluscan Research 27(3): 147–170.
;Taxon inquirendum:
- Abdopus guangdongensis (Dong, 1976)
References
{{Reflist}}
- Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin 66:127–154.
- Huffard, C.L., R.L. Caldwell & F. Boneka. 2008. Mating behavior of Abdopus aculeatus (d’Orbigny 1834) (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) in the wild. Marine Biology (published online first). {{doi|10.1007/s00227-008-0930-2}}
External links
{{CephBase Genus|Abdopus}}
- {{ITIS |id=82647 |taxon=Abdopus}}
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