Octopus berenice Gray 1849

Octopus berenice Gray, 1849

DIAGNOSIS.—Immature female: Mantle ovoid; head narrower than mantle. Funnel organ W-shaped. Arms moderate in length (ALI 78). Suckers large in diameter (SIn 16). Web subequal in depth. Dorsal surface of web and mantle with simple and multifid papillae; 4 supraocular papillae on each side of head.

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION.—Gray, 1849:11.

TYPE LOCALITY.—Unknown.

TYPE.—Holotype: BMNH 1928.1.22.3 (old collection), immature female, 18 mm ML.

DISTRIBUTION.—Reported to occur widely throughout the Indo-West Pacific exclusive of Japan; however, because of the uncertainties relating to the identity of this species, these accounts are problematic.