Comprehensive Description
provided by Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
Octopus sanctaehelenae Robson, 1929
DIAGNOSIS.—Web deep (WDI 33). Gill lamellae 11. Skin covered with low, multifid warts, those on sides of body pentastellate, those on dorsum tend to form longitudinal ridges. Warts on skin of arms and web smaller and more densely packed.
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION.—Robson, 1929a:74, as Octopus rugosus sanctaehelenae.
TYPE LOCALITY.—Central South Atlantic Ocean, St. Helena Island.
TYPE.—Holotype: BMNH 1868.3.12.1, female, ML undetermined.
- bibliographic citation
- Voss, N. A. and Sweeney, M. J. 1998. "Systematics and Biogeography of cephalopods. Volume II." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 277-599. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.586.277
Comprehensive Description
provided by Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
Octopus rugosus sanctaehelenae Robson, 1929
DIAGNOSIS.—See Octopus sanctaehelenae Robson, 1929, below.
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION.—Robson, 1929a:74.
TYPE LOCALITY.—Central South Atlantic Ocean, St. Helena Island.
TYPE.—Holotype: BMNH 1868.3.12.1, female, ML undetermined.
- bibliographic citation
- Voss, N. A. and Sweeney, M. J. 1998. "Systematics and Biogeography of cephalopods. Volume II." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 277-599. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.586.277
