Abdopus is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae.[1]
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
- (Smith, 1884)
- (Hoyle, 1885)
- Abdopus undulatus Huffard, 2007 [2]
- Taxon inquirendum
- Abdopus guangdongensis (Dong, 1976)
References
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
