Record (Lizard Island Field Guide)

Record details

genus: Octopus
Observed by Becky Williams
Mon, 15 Aug 2005 12:00:00

Location details

  • Lizard Island Group

  • The site Group ID, as recorded by Lizard Island Research Station, is 359.

    The site ID, as recorded by Lizard Island Research Station, is 3.

    The site was used by the project for the following reason: "Drain dead coral rubble in buckets looking for octopuses and stomatopods".

  • Marine specimens found at a depth between 1 m and 5 metres.

Details about the specimen(s)

  • Specimen count is not recorded.
  • The record does not indicate whether reproduction was occurring.

The identification was performed as part of the Predator/prey interactions of blue-ringed octopuses and mantis shrimp project (ID = 409).

The project ID, as recorded by Lizard Island Research Station, is 409.