Documentation of the mimic octopus Thaumoctopus mimicus in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Darren J. Coker

doi:10.1017/S175526721200125X

Documentation of the mimic octopus Thaumoctopus mimicus in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Darren J. Coker^*

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Abstract

A mimic octopus Thaumoctopus mimicus is documented for the first time in Australian waters off Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia during a low tide on 4 June 2012. One adult was found and this suggests that their geographical distribution is larger than currently documented.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	e14
Journal	Marine Biodiversity Records
Volume	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S175526721200125X
State	Published - Jan 2013

Keywords

Australia
mimic octopus
Thaumoctopus mimicus

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Oceanography
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Ecology
Aquatic Science

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Documentation of the mimic octopus Thaumoctopus mimicus in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

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