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Abdopus tonganus
Species of octopu From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Abdopus tonganus is a species of octopus found in Tonga. It was first described as Octopus tonganus in 1885 by William Evans Hoyle[2] based on three mutilated specimens from reefs in Tongatapu.[3]
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Description
A. tonganus is small,[4]: 515 with a mantle length of up to 35 millimeters.[4] It has a broad mantle, narrow neck, small head, and long arms. The suckers of A. tonganus are large and set deeply into the arms. The skin is rugose. A. tonganus is purple-black dorsally and light yellow-tan ventrally with small, round papillae scattered across the skin.[5]: 515–516 Its eggs are up to 2.8 millimeters in length.[6]
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Distribution
The distribution of A. tonganus is known only from its type locality.[5]: 516 Like most species in genus abdopus, it is intertidal,[4] typically found in intertidal reefs and shallow water[7] and active during the day.[8]
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