Octopus inconspicuus Brock 1887

Octopus inconspicuus Brock, 1887

DIAGNOSIS.—Animal moderate-sized (280 mm TL; 40 mm VML). Mantle oval. Arms moderately long (ALI 78.6). Right arm III hectocotylized; ligula small (LLI 2.0). Three supraocular cirri on each side of head, 2 posterior, 1 anterior to each eye. Mantle with 6 papillae on mantle organized in 2 rows, of 2 and 4 papillae, across anterior of mantle. Additional papillae in longitudinal row along aboral surfaces of arms.

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION.—Brock, 1887:603, pi. 16: fig. 4.

TYPE LOCALITY.—Western tropical Pacific Ocean, Banda Sea, Amboina (= Ambon).

TYPE.—Holotype: ZMUG, male, 40 mm VML, not extant (see “Discussion”).

DISTRIBUTION.—Known only from the type locality.