Specimen F 219160 Hapalochlaena maculosa (Hoyle, 1883)

• Taxon Name

  Hapalochlaena maculosa

• Author and date of publication

  (Hoyle, 1883)

• Preferred Common name

  Southern Blue-ringed Octopus

• Other Common Names

  Blue-ring Octopus, Lesser Blue-ringed Octopus

• Identified By

  Dr Julian Finn - Museum Victoria

• Number Of Specimens

  1

• Specimen Nature

  Nature: Whole, Form: Wet, Fixative treatment: formalin 10%, Medium: ethanol 70%

• Collected By

  Dr Julian Finn - Museum Victoria, Colin Silvey - Museum Victoria

• Sampling Method

  SCUBA

• Date Visited From

  13/11/2014

• Date Visited To

  13/11/2014

• Depth To (m)

  1.5

• Depth From (m)

  0.5

• Category

  Natural Sciences

• Scientific Group

  Invertebrate Zoology

• Discipline

  Invertebrates

• Collecting Areas

  Invertebrates

• Type of Item

  Specimen

Taxonomy

• Phylum

  Mollusca

• Class

  Cephalopoda

• Subclass

  Coleoidea

• Order

  Octopoda

• Suborder

  Incirrata

• Family

  Octopodidae

• Genus

  Hapalochlaena

• Species Name

  maculosa