
%0 Journal Article
%A Norman, M. D. 
%A Sweeney, M. J. 
%T The Shallow-water Octopuses (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) of the Philippines
%J Invertebrate Systematics
%D 1997/02/18
%V 11
%N 1
%P 89-140
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/IT95026
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/IT95026 
%X The shallow-water octopuses of the Philippines are diagnosed on the basis of material collected in a series of expeditions by the Smithsonian Institution to the region between 1978 and 1990. Twenty species of shallow-water octopuses are recognised, 18 in the genus Octopus, and one species each in the genera Hapalochlaena and Cistopus. Three new species are described from Philippine waters: Octopus abaculus, O. nocturnus and O. pumilus. Octopuses reported in the earlier work of G. L. Voss on the cephalopod fauna of the Philippines are reviewed and identifications updated. A diagnostic key and illustrations are provided along with information on taxonomy, distribution, aspects of life history and importance in fisheries. 
