Polypus kermadecensis

Octopus kermadecensis (Berry, 1914)

DIAGNOSIS.—Animal small to medium-sized (∼43 mm ML). Mantle narrow, elongate (MWI 46); neck strongly constricted; head long and narrow (HWI 40); eyes large, protruding. Funnel long, funnel organ damaged in type. Arms moderate in length (ALI 72.4), slender, attenuate; arm formula I > II > III = IV, arms I much longer than others. Suckers elevated, small, proximal 4 suckers uniserial, becoming biserial distally. Surfaces of mantle, head, and arms nearly smooth, few soft papillae located over each eye, and minute papillae scattered on dorsum of mantle; mantle with conspicuous, peripheral, keel-like fold. General color in preservation dull grey brown, mottled, streaked with slate.

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION.—Berry, 1914b:138, pis. 7, 8, as Polypus (Pinnoctopus?) kermadecensis.

TYPE LOCALITY.—Kermadec Islands, Sunday Island, on beach.

TYPE.—Holotype: USNM 816461, female, 43 mm ML, SSB no. 399.

DISTRIBUTION.—Known only from the type locality.