Sighting 3389481
Octopus maorum
2 Maori Octopus at Merimbula, NSW
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| Octopus tetricus | Jimbobo | 6 Mar 2025 | |
| Octopus maorum | MandyReid | 21 Jan 2018 | |
| Octopus maorum | Jennyncmg | 20 Jan 2018 | |
| Octopus sp. | rickcarey | 19 Jan 2018 |
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User's notes
A very large octopus, giving me a great display, about the size of a medium dog
1 comment
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
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
- 10m - 15m Depth of sighting
Collections
- rickcarey NatureMapr South Coast Octopuses, Squids (Cephalopoda) Sea Shells, Sea Slugs, Octopuses & allies (Mollusca) Marine Invertebrates Octopus maorum
Species information
- Octopus maorum Scientific name
- Maori Octopus Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
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- Description
- Additional attributes
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location