Octopus djinda is caught successful fisheries and eaten by people, but has lone present been recognised arsenic a abstracted taxon from different Australian octopus
Life 9 November 2021Octopus djinda lives on the south-west seashore of Australia Dr Mark Norman
A caller taxon of octopus has been described successful south-west Australia, aft a survey determined it is antithetic capable from its eastbound Australian comparative to beryllium considered taxonomically distinct. Although the taxon has lone present been fixed its ain name, radical person agelong been catching and eating the animal, which supports 1 of the world’s fewer sustainable octopus fisheries.
The caller taxon has been named Octopus djinda, following consultation with the Aboriginal Advisory Committee of the Western Australian Museum in Perth. …
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