Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Octopus pallidus

  • Author and date of publication

    Hoyle, 1885

  • Preferred Common name

    Pale Octopus

  • Date Identified

    1981

  • Identified By

    R W. Tait

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Unknown

  • Specimen Nature

    Form: Wet, Medium: ethanol 70%

  • Collected By

    David Howlett

  • Depth To (m)

    30

  • Depth From (m)

    20

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Invertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Invertebrates

  • Collecting Areas

    Invertebrates

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    South Australia

  • Precise Location

    St francis island, Nuyts Archipelago, off Ceduna

  • Latitude

    -32.5

  • Longitude

    133.28

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84