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2002
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Nonindigenous marine species in Kane‘ohe Bay, O‘ahu, Hawai‘iColes, S.L., R.C. DeFelice & L.G. Eldredge · Bishop Mus. Tech. Rep. 24, 353 p.
p. 191Heukelem, W. (1966). Some aspects of the ecology and ethology of Octopus cyanea Gray. Department of Zoology. Honolulu, University of Hawai`i : 104. A study of the description
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2010-001
Marine biota information base for offshore islets in the main Hawaiian IslandsColes, S.L. & Swenson, C. · Bishop Museum Technical Report 50, 136 pp.
p. 84CEPHALOPODA Octopus cyanea x Octopus sp x x 0 0 0 0 0 0 x 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CIRRIPEDIA Euraphia hembeli
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2008-001
Assessment of species composition, diversity and biomass in marine habitats and subhaqbitats around offshore islets in the main Hawaiian IslandsColes, S.L., Giuseffi, L. & Hutchinson, M. · Final report prepared for the Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Bishop Museum Technical Report 39: 1-72.
p. 66Organism Taxa Scientific name Author_Date Common name HuluKaemiMolokini Invertebrate CEPHALOPODA Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849 Day Octopus x DECAPODA Alpheus brevipes Stimpson, 1860 snapping shrimp x Alpheus
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Imada, C.T., Faccenda, K., Thomas, M.K., Gallaher, T., Oppenhemier, H., Kennedy, B. & Kalei, A. (eds.) Hawaiian native & naturalized vascular plants checklist (2025 update). 780 pp. [published online 6 November 2025]p. 136remove O [no evidence of nat.]) Heptapleurum actinophyllum (Endl.) Lowry & G.M.Plunkett [octopus tree, umbrella tree, rubber tree] nat lc K O Mo L M H Wagner
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2023: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 155
p. 58Hibiscus tiliaceus ) (see Fig. 2E); and riparian zones dominated by Octopus Tree ( Heptapleurum actinophyllum ) Forest (see Fig. 2F). Mixed native forests containing the native trees Metrosideros polymorpha , Diospyros
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Monitoring the diurnal and seasonal foraging of Hawaiian monk seals in mesophotic rubble habitat using seafloor event loggers called “electric rocks”Parrish, F.A., R.C. Boland, M. Sawyer, B. Greene, B. Buhleier, and G.M. Marshall · Endangered Species Research
p. 8under- water) electric rock and record a tip. Other animals (i.e. reef fish, octopus) routinely burrow in the sand bottom and move seafloor rubble much smaller than
Museum research publicationVertebrate Zoology
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2019-003
Hawaiian naturalized vascular plants checklist (February 2019 update)Imada, C. · Bishop Museum Technical Report 69. 203 pp.
p. 86adventive, Ala Wai Community Garden]) Schefflera actinophylla (Endl.) Harms [octopus tree, umbrella tree] nat K O Mo L M H Wagner
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2012-2013 monitoring of the Orange-Black Damselfly Megalagrion xanthomelas (Sélys-Longchmps) (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae)Preston, D.J. & Arakaki, K. · Final report prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Environmental Planning Section, Fort Worth, Texas. 32 pp.
p. 28still tree, yellow oleander Dicot Araliaceae Schefflera actinophylla (Endl.) Harms nat octopus tree, umbrella tree Dicot Asteraceae Ageratum conyzoides L. nat maile hohono Dicot Asteraceae Calyptocarpus vialis Less
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2007Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 100, 55 pp.
p. 50across street, in association with Podranea ricaso- liana (podranea), Schefflera arboricola (miniature octopus tree), and Passiflora suberosa (huehue haole), 487 m [1600 ft), 14 Aug 2006, Starr & Starr
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2007: VolumeEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 100
p. 50across street, in association with Podranea ricaso- liana (podranea), Schefflera arboricola (miniature octopus tree), and Passiflora suberosa (huehue haole), 487 m [1600 ft), 14 Aug 2006, Starr & Starr
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2006. Part 2: notesEvenhuis, N.L. and Eldredge, L.G. (editors) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 96, 73 pp.
p. 21Hawai‘i (Wagner et al . 1999: 232; Staples et al . 2002: 5), the octopus tree was observed to be sparingly naturalized in widely separated areas on Läna
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Translocation and monitoring efforts to establish a second population of the rare Megalagrion xanthomelas Selys-Longchamps) on O`ahu, Hawai`i (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae)Preston, D.J., Englund, R.A. & McShane, M.K.K. · In: Evenhuis, N.L.& Fitzsimons, J.M. (eds.), Biology of Hawaiian streams and estuaries. Bishop Museum Bulletin in Cultural and Environmental Studies 3: 259-274.
p. 5humilis coral berry Phytolaccaceae Introduced + Sapindus oahuensis `aulu , soapberry Sapindaceae Endemic + Schefflera actinophylla octopus tree Apiaceae Introduced + + Schinus terebinthifolius Christmas berry Anacardiaciae Introduced + Senna surratensis kalamona Fabaceae Introduced
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2006: NotesEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 96
p. 21Hawai‘i (Wagner et al . 1999: 232; Staples et al . 2002: 5), the octopus tree was observed to be sparingly naturalized in widely separated areas on Läna
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Numbers of Hawaiian species for 2003–2005Eldredge, L.G. · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 88: 62-79.
p. 5Generic designation change: Pteroctopus hoylei (Berry) for Berrya hoylei ; Macrotritopus defilippi (Verany) for Octopus defilippi ; Callistoctupus ornatus (Gould) for O. ornatus (Norman & Hochberg 2005). Arthropoda: Insecta Polhemus
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Inventory of intertidal and shallow subtidal marine invertebrates at Kalaupapa National Historical Park, Moloka`i, Hawai`iGodwin, S. & Bolick, H. · Final report prepared for the U.S. Department of Interior, National Park Service, Pacific Islands Coral Reef Program, Honolulu. 58 pp.
p. 14talcosa ). The gastropods Thais intermedia and Purpura aperta were numerous and the cephalopod Octopus cyanea was recorded. The holothuroids Stichopus horrens and Holothuria atra were present, as were
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2004: -05: NotesEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 88
p. 66Generic designation change: Pteroctopus hoylei (Berry) for Berrya hoylei ; Macrotritopus defilippi (Verany) for Octopus defilippi ; Callistoctupus ornatus (Gould) for O. ornatus (Norman & Hochberg 2005). Arthropoda: Insecta Polhemus
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Assessment of nonindigenous species on coral reefs in the Hawaiian Islands, with emphasis on introduced invertebratesColes, S.L., L.G. Eldredge, F. Kandel, P.R. Reath & K. Longenecker · Final report prepared for the Hawaii Coral Reef Initiative. Bishop Mus. Tech. Rep. 27: 106 pp.
p. 86Class: CEPHALOPODA Order: OCTOPODA Family: OCTOPODIDAE Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849 RA1 RA2 RA3 RA4 RA5 RA6 RA7 RA8 RA9 RA10 Kauai x ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Oahu x x ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Molokai ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Maui
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Kane‘ohe Bay, O‘ahu stream estuary studyEnglund, R.A., D.J. Preston & K.T. Arakaki · Final report. Prepared for Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Aquatic Resources, Honolulu.
p. 39Christmas berry, wilelaiki FACU - x x x Araliaceae Schefflera actinophylla (Endl.) Harms nat octopus tree, umbrella tree x x x x x x Asteraceae Ageratina riparia (Regel
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2001-2002. Part II: NotesN.L. Evenhuis & Eldredge, L.G., eds. · Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 74: 78 p.
p. 27palmately compound leaves that are similar to S. actinophylla (octopus tree) but smaller with six to nine oblanceolate leaflets that are leathery and dark glossy green; flowers with
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Hawaii's biodiversity: a detailed assessment of the numbers of species in the Hawaiian IslandsEldredge, L.G. & N.L. Evenhuis · Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 76: 28 p.
p. 27palmately compound leaves that are similar to S. actinophylla (octopus tree) but smaller with six to nine oblanceolate leaflets that are leathery and dark glossy green; flowers with
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Nonindigenous marine species at Waikiki and Hawaii Kai, O‘ahu, Hawai‘iColes, S.L., R.C. DeFelice & L.G. Eldredge · Bishop Museum Technical Report 25, 244 p.
p. 130sandwichensis Hayami & Kase, 1993 2001 present study Class CEPHALOPODA Order OCTOPODA Family OCTOPODIDAE Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849 1965 Banner 1968 2001 present study Class POLYPLACOPHORA Order CHITONID Family
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Records of shallow-water marine invertebrates from French Frigate Shoals, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands with a note on nonindigenous speciesDeFelice, R., D. Minton & S. Godwin · Bishop Mus. Tech. Rep. 23, 78 p.
p. 72Expedition) Family NUCULIDAE Nuculasp. 2000 NOW-RAMP Class CEPHALOPODA Order OCTOPODA Family OCTOPODIDAE Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849 2000 NOW-RAMP Class POLYPLACOPHORA Order CHITONID Family ISCHNOCHITONIDAE Ischnochiton
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Stream and botanical survey of an unnamed tributary flowing into Pu‘u Ka ‘Ele Reservoir and Pila‘a Stream, Pila‘a, Kilauea, Kaua‘iEnglund, R.A., C. Imada & D.J. Preston · Report prepared for Max W.J. Graham, Jr., Esq., Belles Graham Proudfoot & Wilson, Lihue, Kaua‘i.
p. 14Molucca albizia (Falcataria moluccana), with finely divided foliage and a flat-topped habit; octopus tree (Schefflera actinophylla) and satin-leaf (Chrysophyllum oliviforme) are other tree species occasionally seen
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Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2001: -02: NotesEvenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds) · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 74
p. 27palmately compound leaves that are similar to S. actinophylla (octopus tree) but smaller with six to nine oblanceolate leaflets that are leathery and dark glossy green; flowers with
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