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Octopus ornatus

ornate octopus

IUCN: least concern

5

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1926

First collected

1993

Last collected

No recent record

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

In the Library

Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Octopus ornatus, most mentions first.

  1. 2001

    Marine species survey of Johnston Atoll, central Pacific Ocean, June 2000

    Coles, S.L., R.C. DeFelice & D. Minton · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

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Where Bishop collected it

2 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.

Two centuries of collecting

1920s1990s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1926 by Charles M. Cooke III; Charles M. Cooke III (Oʻahu).

From the collection

Octopus ornatus, 246224Octopus ornatus, 246229Octopus ornatus, 246242Octopus ornatus, 246237Octopus ornatus, 246238