Common name (e.g. turtle)

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Genus + Species (e.g. Caretta caretta)

Octopus micros   Norman, 2001

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Cephalopoda | Octopoda | Octopodidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 165 - 194 m (Ref. 84235).  Tropical

Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Western Central Pacific: Australia.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 2.5 cm ML male/unsexed; (Ref. 84235)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Norman, M.D. and J. Finn 2001 Revision of the Octopus horridus species-group, including erection of a new subgenus and description of two member species from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 15(1):13-35. (Ref. 84326)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Threat to humans

Human uses

FAO - Publication: search | FishSource |

Tools

Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO - Publication: search | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543)

Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

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