Octopus maorum

2 Maori Octopus at Merimbula, NSW

Octopus maorum at Merimbula, NSW - 15 Oct 2017 11:18 AM

Octopus maorum at Merimbula, NSW - 15 Oct 2017 11:18 AM

Octopus maorum at Merimbula, NSW - 15 Oct 2017 11:18 AM

Octopus maorum at Merimbula, NSW - 15 Oct 2017 11:18 AM

Octopus maorum at Merimbula, NSW - 15 Oct 2017 11:18 AM

Octopus maorum at Merimbula, NSW - 15 Oct 2017 11:18 AM

Octopus maorum at Merimbula, NSW - 15 Oct 2017 11:18 AM

Octopus maorum at Merimbula, NSW - 15 Oct 2017 11:18 AM

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Identification history

	Octopus tetricus	6 Mar 2025	Jimbobo
	Octopus maorum	21 Jan 2018	MandyReid
	Octopus maorum	20 Jan 2018	Jennyncmg
	Octopus sp.	19 Jan 2018	rickcarey

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User's notes

A very large octopus, giving me a great display, about the size of a medium dog

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Jimbobo wrote:

6 Mar 2025

Here's a journal I posted on iNat to assist with picking apart the 2 species- https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/journal/jimbobo

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Location information

Coordinates 149.926014 -36.900855
Places Merimbula, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
15 Oct 2017 11:18 AM Recorded on
rickcarey Recorded by
Collections
rickcarey NatureMapr South Coast Octopuses, Squids (Cephalopoda) Sea Shells, Sea Slugs, Octopuses & allies (Mollusca) Marine Invertebrates

Additional information

10m - 15m Depth of sighting

Species information

Octopus maorum Scientific name
Maori Octopus Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Machine learning

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