Biology:Abdopus tonganus
| Abdopus tonganus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Octopodidae |
| Genus: | Abdopus |
| Species: | A. tonganus
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| Binomial name | |
| Abdopus tonganus Hoyle, 1885
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Abdopus tonganus is a species of octopus found in Tonga. It was first described as Octopus tonganus in 1885 by William Evans Hoyle[2] based on three mutilated specimens from reefs in Tongatapu.[3]
Description
A. tonganus is small,[4]: 515 with a mantle length of up to 35 millimeters.[4] It has a broad mantle, narrow neck, small head, and long arms. The suckers of A. tonganus are large and set deeply into the arms. The skin is rugose. A. tonganus is purple-black dorsally and light yellow-tan ventrally with small, round papillae scattered across the skin.[5]: 515–516 Its eggs are up to 2.8 millimeters in length.[6]
Distribution
The distribution of A. tonganus is known only from its type locality.[5]: 516 Like most species in genus abdopus, it is intertidal,[4] typically found in intertidal reefs and shallow water[7] and active during the day.[8]
References
- ↑ Allcock, L.; Taite, M.; Allen, G. (2018). "Abdopus tonganus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T163317A998069.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/163317/998069. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
- ↑ "Abdopus tonganus (Hoyle, 1885)". https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534519.
- ↑ Hoyle, William E.; Hoyle, William E. (1885). "Diagnoses of new species of Cephalopoda collected during the cruise of H.M.S. Challenger. Pt 1. The Octopoda". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology 15: 225. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/53197.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Norman, Mark D.; Finn, Julian K.; Hochberg, F.G. (2016). "Family Octopodidae". in Jereb, Patrizia. Cephalopods of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cephalopod Species Known to Date. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes No. 4, Vol. 3. 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. p. 63. ISBN 978-92-5-107989-8. https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/57241695-4904-470b-b9e2-ee36fbe1a947/content.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Toll, Ronald B.; Voss, Gilbert L. (1998). "The Systematic and Nomenclatural Status of the Octopodinae Described from the West Pacific Region". in Voss, Nancy A.. Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology Number 586. II. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press. https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/6317/SCtZ-0586_VolII-Lo_res.pdf.
- ↑ Villanueva, Roger; Norman, Mark D. (2008). "Biology of the Planktonic Stages of Benthic Octopuses". Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 46: 111–208. doi:10.1201/9781420065756-6. ISBN 978-0-429-13725-9. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.1201/9781420065756-6/biology-planktonic-stages-benthic-octopuses-roger-villanueva-mark-norman.
- ↑ Huffard, Christine L. (2007-10-31). "Four new species of shallow water pygmy octopus (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) from the Kingdom of Tonga". Molluscan Research 27 (3): 147. doi:10.11646/mr.27.3.5. ISSN 1323-5818.
- ↑ Loganimoce, Epeli M.; Brown, Kelly T.; Savou, Rusila; Kitolelei, Jokim V.; Tukana, Max; Southgate, Paul C.; Lal, Monal M. (2023-04-08). "Octopuses in the south-west Pacific region: a review of fisheries, ecology, cultural importance and management". Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 33 (4): 984. doi:10.1007/s11160-023-09772-9. ISSN 0960-3166. Bibcode: 2023RFBF...33..977L.
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