Octopus microphthalamus Goodrich 1896

Octopus microphthalamus Goodrich, 1896

DIAGNOSIS.—Animals small to medium-sized (34–40 mm ML). Mantle cylindrical (MWI 59–83); neck constrictions absent; head narrow (HWI 43–55); eyes small, deeply set. Arms long (ALI 80–88), arm formula I > II > III > IV. Suckers size moderate (SIn 7–9). Web depth shallow (WDI 10–19), web sector A deepest. Gill lamellae 7–9. Eggs large, capsule 10 mm long. Surfaces of mantle, head, arms, and web smooth to finely granular. Color in preservation yellowish brown, darker dorsally.

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION.—Goodrich, 1896:20, pl. 5: figs. 83, 84.

TYPE LOCALITY.—Northeastern Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal, Andaman Islands, Port Blair.

TYPE.—Holotype: IMC M361/1, female, ~34 mm, condition unknown.

DISTRIBUTION.—Northeastern Indian Ocean?