Abdopus Undulatus
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''Abdopus undulatus'' is a species of
octopus An octopus ( : octopuses or octopodes, see below for variants) is a soft-bodied, eight- limbed mollusc of the order Octopoda (, ). The order consists of some 300 species and is grouped within the class Cephalopoda with squids, cuttle ...
within the family
Octopodidae The Octopodidae comprise the family containing the majority of known octopus species. Genera The World Register of Marine Species lists these genera: *'' Abdopus'' Norman & Finn, 2001 *'' Ameloctopus'' Norman, 1992 *'' Amphioctopus'' P. Fischer, ...
. The species is found near the coasts of
Tongatapu Tongatapu is the main island of Tonga and the site of its capital, Nukualofa. It is located in Tonga's southern island group, to which it gives its name, and is the country's most populous island, with 74,611 residents (2016), 70.5% of the nation ...
,
Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ...
, in
benthic The benthic zone is the ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water such as an ocean, lake, or stream, including the sediment surface and some sub-surface layers. The name comes from ancient Greek, βένθος (bénthos), meaning "t ...
environments at depths of 8 to 20 meters. Individuals to grow up to 3.3 centimeters in length.


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q13221079 Molluscs described in 2007 Octopodidae Molluscs of the Pacific Ocean Fauna of Tonga