Table 4. Summary of mature female morphological measurements taken from preserved museum specimens of Octopus tetricus (east Australia and Tasmania), O. cf. tetricus (Western Australia) and O. gibbsi (New Zealand).
| Catalogue # | Institution | Location | MLd | MW | HW | AW | SDn | WD | ALL3 | ALR3 | SCL3 | SCR3 |
| C156208 | AM | East Australia | 67.6 | 65.4 | 44.6 | 20.7 | 12.2 | 84 | 212 | 232 | 197 | 194 |
| C171669 | AM | East Australia | 62.1 | 65.4 | 44.6 | 20.7 | 12.2 | 84 | 240 | 208 | 218 | 199 |
| F78082 | AM | East Australia | 117.8 | 65.4 | 31.6 | 19.5 | 12 | 96 | 315 | 335 | 218 | 229 |
| F78281a | AM | East Australia | 70.3 | 65.4 | 44.6 | 20.7 | 12.2 | 84 | 323 | 209 | 235 | 222 |
| F78283b | AM | East Australia | 53.2 | 65.4 | 44.6 | 20.7 | 12.2 | 84 | 158 | 327 | 163 | 222 |
| F80442a | MV | East Australia | 96 | 64.9 | 34.7 | 16.8 | 9.5 | 69 | 358 | 356 | 247 | 234 |
| F80442b | MV | East Australia | 126.3 | 74.8 | 38.1 | 16.9 | 11.8 | 88 | 452 | 418 | 238 | 254 |
| F80446 | MV | East Australia | 60.3 | 45.2 | 34.4 | 14.1 | 8.5 | 59 | 230 | 216 | 201 | 183 |
| F85370a | MV | East Australia | 100 | 65.4 | 44.6 | 20.7 | 12.2 | 84 | 287 | 400 | 216 | 221 |
| F200320 | MV | East Australia | 120.2 | 65.4 | 44.6 | 20.7 | 12.2 | 84 | 323 | 435 | 235 | 224 |
| F200319 | MV | East Australia | 104.5 | 80.1 | 52.2 | 28.8 | 15.2 | 100 | 437 | 409 | 265 | 290 |
| F200318a | MV | East Australia | 104.8 | 70.1 | 43.1 | 21 | 14.1 | 86 | 311 | 356 | 214 | 222 |
| F200318c | MV | East Australia | 84.4 | 47.7 | 31.5 | 13.4 | 9 | 52 | 259 | 243 | 204 | 198 |
| F78283c | AM | East Australia | 52.6 | 65.4 | 44.6 | 20.7 | 12.2 | 84 | 152 | 327 | 235 | 222 |
| F180704 | MV | Tasmania | 102.2 | 64.9 | 42.8 | 20 | 12.5 | 74 | 323 | 369 | 235 | 230 |
| F180701 | MV | Tasmania | 99.7 | 65.8 | 43.8 | 19.5 | 12.1 | 72 | 418 | 367 | 216 | 196 |
| F180705 | MV | Tasmania | 135.4 | 88.7 | 57.5 | 25.7 | 17.2 | 99 | 524 | 327 | 302 | 222 |
| NMNZM.90320 | O'Shea [16] | New Zealand | 48 | 35.7 | 30 | 20.7 | 6 | 45 | 141 | 313 | 206 | 194 |
| NMNZM.131569 | O'Shea [16] | New Zealand | 48.9 | 28 | 27 | 20.7 | 5.9 | 40 | 283 | 141 | 235 | 145 |
| NMNZM.118426 | O'Shea [16] | New Zealand | 137 | 90.5 | 55 | 20.7 | 16.8 | 112 | 424 | 485 | 235 | 243 |
| F200334 | MV | Western Australia | 114.1 | 97 | 61.5 | 31.4 | 15 | 139 | 474 | 327 | 235 | 222 |
| F160320 | MV | Western Australia | 84.2 | 59.2 | 44.6 | 20 | 20 | 75 | 304 | 327 | 264 | 264 |
| F160321 | MV | Western Australia | 90.9 | 64.6 | 53.9 | 19.5 | 11.2 | 101 | 396 | 438 | 264 | 264 |
| F160325 | MV | Western Australia | 97.3 | 59.3 | 48 | 17.5 | 9.7 | 82 | 350 | 355 | 257 | 266 |
| F80447 | MV | Western Australia | 87.4 | 69.3 | 45.2 | 19.6 | 11.5 | 79 | 356 | 322 | 241 | 186 |
| F200327 | MV | Western Australia | 88.3 | 64.3 | 51.9 | 20.4 | 12 | 82 | 240 | 277 | 290 | 253 |
| F200331 | MV | Western Australia | 119.6 | 69 | 57.4 | 25.7 | 13.2 | 119 | 457 | 327 | 276 | 222 |
| F160302 | MV | Western Australia | 71.4 | 68.9 | 51.8 | 22 | 13.2 | 97 | 302 | 305 | 236 | 200 |
Missing data (shown in bold) has been replaced by the global mean of the respective trait.
Institutions – AM = Australian Museum, Sydney, MV = Museum Victoria.