Amphioctopus burryi

Author
Voss, 1950
Common Names
  • Caribbean Armstripe Octopus
  • Brownstripe Octopus

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Min Depth
10 meters
Max Depth
200 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Gulf of Mexico, Cape Hatteras, North Carolina to Brazil
Habitat-Biology
  • continental shelf
References

  • Nesis, K. N. 1975. Cephalopods of the American Mediterranean Sea. English Translations of Selected Publications on Cephalopods. Smithsonian Institution Libraries, 2003, 1(1): 319–358.

  • Vecchione, M. 2002. Cephalopods. Pp. 150–244 in K. E. Carpenter, ed. The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Volume 1. Introduction, Mollusks, Crustaceans, Hagfishes, Sharks, Batoid Fishes and Chimaeras. FAO Identificatiion Guide for Fisheries Purposes. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.

Endnotes

  • Octopus burryi Voss, 1950, was transferred to the genus Amphioctopus in the publication: Norman, M. D., and F. G. Hochberg. 2005. The current state of Octopus taxonomy. Phuket Marine Biological Center Bulletin 66: 127–154.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Judkins, H. L., M. Vecchione, and C. F. E. Roper. 2009. Cephalopoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 701–709 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-05-2024.

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