Octopodidae – Octopodinae: Octopus warringa Stranks, 1990 (‘club pygmy octopus’)
Synonym(s): warringa Stranks, 1990 australis Benham, 1942.
Typical body-length 110 mm. Lives subtidally and offshore amongst rocks and seaweed, particularly within the holdfasts of giant kelp. Native. Occurs in southeastern Australia (TAS, VIC and SA); also New Zealand.
Classification
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Coleoidea
Order: Octopoda
Superfamily: Incirrata
Family: Octopodidae
Subfamily: Octopodinae
Genus: Octopus
Localities for Octopus warringa
Bridport: Ninth Island
D’Entrecasteaux Channel (unlocalised)
Derwent channel
Great Oyster Bay: Promise Bay
Hobart: Battery Point
King Island: Currie Harbour
Lauderdale: Roches Beach
Lauderdale: Seven Mile Beach
Maria Island: Darlington Bay
Mercury Passage (unlocalised)
Orford (unlocalised)
Port Huon: Hospital Bay
South Bruny Island: Great Taylors Bay
South Bruny Island: Little Taylors Bay
Storm Bay: Betsey Island