| Octopus tetricus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Octopodidae |
| Genus: | Octopus |
| Species: | O. tetricus
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| Binomial name | |
| Octopus tetricus | |
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Octopus gibbsi O'Shea, 1999 | |
Octopus tetricus, the gloomy octopus or the common Sydney octopus,[3] is a species of octopus from the subtropical waters of eastern Australia and New Zealand.[2] O. tetricus belongs to the Octopus vulgaris species group and is a commercially prized species. All species within the O. vulgaris group are similar in morphology.[4] The English translation of O. tetricus (Latin) is 'the gloomy octopus'.[5]
- ^ "ITIS standard report - Octopus tetricus (Gould, 1852)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- ^ a b "Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852". World Register of Marine Species. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
- ^ "Common Sydney Octopus – Octopus tetricus". Australian Museum. 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ^ Amor, Michael D.; Norman, Mark D.; Roura, Alvaro; Leite, Tatiana S.; Gleadall, Ian G.; Reid, Amanda; Perales-Raya, Catalina; Lu, Chung-Cheng; Silvey, Colin J.; Vidal, Erica A. G.; Hochberg, Frederick G. (2017). "Morphological assessment of the Octopus vulgaris species complex evaluated in light of molecular-based phylogenetic inferences". Zoologica Scripta. 46 (3): 275–288. doi:10.1111/zsc.12207. hdl:11343/291747. ISSN 1463-6409. S2CID 88706796.
- ^ Amor, Michael D.; Hart, Anthony M. (2021-11-03). "Octopus djinda (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae): a new member of the Octopus vulgaris group from southwest Australia". Zootaxa. 5061 (1): 145–156. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5061.1.7. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 34810636. S2CID 243468570.