Abdopus

Abdopus is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae.[1]

Abdopus
Abdopus horridus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Octopodidae
Genus: Abdopus
Norman & Finn, 2001
Type species
Octopus horridus
d'Orbigny, 1826
Species

See text.

Synonyms

Octopus (Abdopus) Norman & Finn, 2001

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 [2]
Taxon inquirendum
  • Abdopus guangdongensis (Dong, 1976)

References
  1. 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
  2. Huffard, C.L. 2007. Four new species of shallow water pygmy octopus (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) from the Kingdom of Tonga. Molluscan Research 27(3): 147–170.
  • 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
  • CephBase: Abdopus
  • "Abdopus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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