Abdopus abaculus explained

Abdopus abaculus, or the mosaic octopus,[1] is a species of pygmy octopus.[2] [3] It was first described as Octopus abaculus by M. D. Norman and M. J. Sweeney in 1997 based on specimens caught in Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines.[4]

Description

A. abaculus have a mantle length of up to and a weight of up to .[5] They are dark gray to dark purple with cream to light purple spots.

A. abaculus lays eggs of up to 2.4mm.[6]

Distribution

A. abaculus is found in the Philippines,[7] and has also been reported in Tonga[8] and Japan.[9] It is found at depths of 0mto5mm (00feetto16feetm).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mosaic Octopus . 2023-03-18 . Florent's Guide to the Tropical Reefs.
  2. Huffard . Christine L. . Caldwell . Roy L. . Boneka . Farnis . 2008-02-23 . Mating behavior of Abdopus aculeatus (d’Orbigny 1834) (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) in the wild . . 154 . 2 . 353–362 . 10.1007/s00227-008-0930-2 . 0025-3162.
  3. Web site: Finn . Julian . 2017-11-16 . WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Abdopus abaculus (Norman & Sweeney, 1997) . 2023-03-18 . World Register of Marine Species.
  4. Norman . M. D. . Sweeney . M. J. . 1997 . The Shallow-water Octopuses (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) of the Philippines . Invertebrate Taxonomy . 11 . 89 . 10.1071/it95026 . 1445-5226.
  5. Book: Norman, M. D. . Cephalopods of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cephalopod Species Known to Date . Finn . J. K. . Hochberg . F. G. . . 2016 . 978-92-5-107989-8 . Jereb . Patrizia . FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes No. 4 . 3: Octopodes and Vampire Squids . Rome, Italy . 2016 . Family Octopodidae . 1020-8682 . Roper . Clyde F. E. . Norman . Mark D. . Finn . Julian K..
  6. Villanueva . Roger . Norman . Mark D. . 2008 . Biology of the Planktonic Stages of Benthic Octopuses . . 46 . 105-202.
  7. Norman . M. D. . Nabhitabhata . J. . Lu . C. C. . 2016-06-29 . An updated checklist of the cephalopods of the South China Sea . . Supplement 34 . 566-592.
  8. Huffard . Christine L. . 2007 . Four new species of shallow water pygmy octopus (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) from the Kingdom of Tonga . . 27 . 3 . 147–170 .
  9. Kaneko . Natsumi . Kubodera . Tsunemi . 2007 . First Records of Two Abdopus Octopuses, A. abaculus (Norman and Sweeney, 1997) and A. aculeatus (d'Orbigny, 1834) from Japan . TAXA: Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology . 22 . 38–43.

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