Specimen F 53408 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

• Date Identified

  1982

• Identified By

  Chung Chen Lu

• Number Of Specimens

  1

• Sex

  Unknown

• Specimen Nature

  Form: Wet, Medium: ethanol 70%

• Expedition Name

  Victorian Institute of Marine Sciences Bass Strait Survey (BSS)

• Collected By

  Dr Martin F. Gomon - Museums Victoria, et al

• Collection Event Code

  BSS 137

• Sampling Method

  trawl, 20 m otter

• Date Visited From

  6/02/1981 10:50 AM

• Date Visited To

  6/02/1981 11:02 AM

• Depth To (m)

  55

• Depth From (m)

  55

• 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