Citation |
Avendaño, O., A. Roura, C.E. Cedillo-Robles, A.F. Gonzalez, R. Rodriguez-Canul, I. Velazquez-Abunader and A. Geurra, 2020 Octopus americanus: a cryptic species of the O. vulgaris species complex redescribed from the Caribbean. Aquat. Ecol. 54:909-925 |
Ref. |
131165 Avendaño, O., A. Roura, C.E. Cedillo-Robles, A.F. Gonzalez, R. Rodriguez-Canul, I. Velazquez-Abunader and A. Geurra, 2020 |
Page |
909-923;fig.8;tab.4 |
Named Used as Valid |
Octopus americanus |
Locality |
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Distribution |
Western Atlantic: from Mar del Plata (Argentina), Brazil, through the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico to the coast of Virginia (USA). |
Quote | depth range: 15 to ?100 m; max size: 790 mm TL.
O americanus present in in the Campeche bank was not O. vulgaris type I,but rather O. vulgaris type II. | |