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Octopus kermadecensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Octopoda
Family:	Octopodidae
Genus:	Octopus
Species:	O. kermadecensis
Binomial name
Octopus kermadecensis (Berry, 1914)
Synonyms
Callistoctopus kermadecensis (Berry, 1914) Pinnoctopus kermadecensis (Berry, 1914) Polypus kermadecensis Berry, 1914

Octopus kermadecensis is a species of octopus in the genus Octopus. It is endemic to the Kermadec Islands. It was first described as Poypus kermadecnsis in 1914 from a female specimen, no male specimen was collected and described until 2011.

References

1. ^ Philippe Bouchet, ed. (2018). "Octopus kermadecensis (Berry, 1914)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
2. Amanda L. Reid & Nerida G. Wilson (2015). "Octopuses of the Kermadec Islands: Discovery and description of a new member of the "Octopus" '"vulgaris"' complex (O. jollyorum, sp. nov.) and the first description of a male Callistoctopus kermadecensis (Berry, 1914)". Bulletin of the Auckland Museum. 20 Kermadec Biodiscovery Expedition 2011: 349–368.

• Cephalopods of Oceania
• Endemic fauna of New Zealand
• Endemic molluscs of New Zealand
• Fauna of the Kermadec Islands
• Cephalopods described in 1914
• Molluscs of New Zealand
• Molluscs of the Pacific Ocean
• Octopodidae
• Taxa named by Samuel Stillman Berry