Pinnoctopus rapanui
| Pinnoctopus rapanui | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Octopodidae |
| Genus: | Pinnoctopus |
| Species: | P. rapanui
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| Binomial name | |
| Pinnoctopus rapanui (Voss, 1979)
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Pinnoctopus rapanui, or the rapanui octopus,[3] is the only endemic octopus species in Rapa Nui (or Easter Island).[4] It was first described by Gilbert L. Voss in 1979[5] as Octopus rapanui.[6]
Description
Pinnoctopus rapanui is large and muscular, with a mantle length of up to 115 millimetres (4.5 in) and a total length of up to 550 millimetres (22 in). It has scattered rough tubercles across the body.[7] The arms are 3.5 to 4.5 times the length of the mantle, and have two rows of suckers each. P. rapanui is cream-gray with a darker purple hue on its dorsal surfaces.[8] Its most distinctive feature is a "straight, out-turned" rostrum.[9]
Distribution
Pinnoctopus rapanui is subtropical[3] and only known in Rapa Nui.[8] It is benthic,[3] and found at depths of zero to four metres (0 to 13 ft).[8]
Use by humans
Pinnoctopus rapanui are fished for food in Rapa Nui, and make up 0.6% of subsistence fishing catch.[10]
References
- ^ Allcock, L.; Taite, M.; Allen, G. (2018). "Callistoctopus rapanui". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018 e.T163174A980433. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T163174A980433.en. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ^ Phillipe Bouchet (2026). "Pinnoctopus rapanui (G. L. Voss, 1979)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
- ^ a b c "Callistoctopus rapanui (Voss, 1979)". SeaLifeBase. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
- ^ Carrasco, Sergio A.; Meerhoff, Erika; Yannicelly, Beatriz; Ibanez, Christian M. (2019). "First Records and Descriptions of Early Life Stages of Cephalopods from Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and the Nearby Apolo Seamount". Pacific Science. 73 (1): 163–175. doi:10.2984/73.1.8. S2CID 91197779.
- ^ Voss, Gilbert L. (1979). "Octopus rapanui, New Species from Easter Island (Cephalopoda: Octopoda)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 92 (2): 360–367 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ Finn, Julian (2017-11-18). "Callistoctopus rapanui (Voss, 1979)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
- ^ Rehder, Harold A. (1980). The Marine Mollusks of Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) and Sala y Gomez (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 289. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.
- ^ a b c Norman, M. D.; Finn, J. K.; Hochberg, F. G. (2016). "Family Octopodidae". In Jereb, Patrizia; Roper, Clyde F. E.; Norman, Mark D.; Finn, Julian K. (eds.). Cephalopods of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cephalopod Species Known to Date (PDF). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes No. 4, Vol. 3. Vol. 3: Octopods and Vampire Squids. Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 978-92-5-107989-8. ISSN 1020-8682.
- ^ Voight, Janet R. (1998). "An Overview of Shallow-Water Octopus Biogeography". In Voss, Nancy A.; Vecchione, Michael; Toll, Ronald B.; Sweeney, Michael J. (eds.). Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology Number 586. Vol. II. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.
- ^ Zylich, Kyrstn; Harper, Sarah; Licandeo, Roberto; Vega, Rodrigo; Zeller, Dirk; Pauly, Daniel (2014). "Fishing in Easter Island, a recent history (1950-2010)". Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research. 42 (4): 845–856. Bibcode:2014LAJAR..42..845Z. doi:10.3856/vol42-issue4-fulltext-11. ISSN 0718-560X.