taxonID	type	description	language	source
03FE2B06FFF8FF987381FE51FDBB2E4A.taxon	discussion	The geographic range of O. insularis is currently recognized as extending from the coast of southern Brazil to as far north as Puerto Rico in the Caribbean to the east, and the Yucatan Peninsula in the Gulf of Mexico to the west (Avendaño et al. 2020 a; Figure 1). However, we have collected photographs of 25 individual octopuses displaying the species-specific characteristics described above for O. insularis from locations farther north than this recognized range, including the Turks and Caicos Islands (11 individuals), south Florida (five individuals), the Bahamas (six individuals) and Bermuda (three individuals; Table 1, Figures 1 and 4). Because these individuals possess the characteristics described above for O. insularis, we recommend tentatively extending the recognized range of this species to include these areas until a formal genetic analysis can be conducted.	en	O’Brien, Caitlin E., Bennice, Chelsea O., Leite, Tatiana (2021): A field guide to distinguishing Octopus insularis and Octopus americanus (Octopoda: Octopodidae). Zootaxa 5060 (4): 589-594, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5060.4.8
