Octopodidae

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The Octopodidae are a family containing the majority of known octopus species (about 175 species).

largest genus of octopuses

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Wunderpus photogenicus, the wunderpus octopus, is a small-bodied species of octopus with distinct white and rusty brown coloration. 'Wunderpus' from German "wunder" meaning 'marvel or wonder'.

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Velodona togata is a species of octopus in the monotypic genus Velodona. First described by Carl Chun in 1915, with a second subspecies discovered by Guy Coburn Robson in 1924, it was named for the distinctive membranes on its arms.

thumb|A. marginatus using two different bivalve shells for shelter Amphioctopus is a genus of octopuses comprising around 18 species.

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Graneledone is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae. The type species is Eledone verrucosa Verrill, 1881.

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Bentheledone is a genus of octopuses in the family Megaleledonidae.

Robsonella is a small genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae. It contains two described species. Robsonella octopuses can be found on the central-south coast of Chile. If an octopus’ first lateral tooth in the radula is crescent shaped; this allows you to identify it as a Robsonella fontaniana. One species in the genus, Robsonella fontaniana, inhabit the coastal waters of Chile and range from northern Peru to Golfo Nuevo in Argentina. Robsonella fontaniana are very small (under 50 mm mantle length), have rugged skin and each eye has a fleshy expansion.

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Teretoctopus is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae.

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thumb | right | alt=Image of Abdopus on the sea floor. | Image of Abdopus on the sea floor. Abdopus is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae.

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Scaeurgus is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae. The species of this genus are characterized by inhabiting the upper bathyal benthic zone from temperate and tropical latitudes in all major oceans.

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Euaxoctopus is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae.

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Pteroctopus is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae.

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Pareledone is a genus of octopuses in the family Megaleledonidae.

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Thaumeledone is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae found in deep waters in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Histoctopus is an octopus genus containing two species: Histoctopus zipkasae, the type species, and Histoctopus discus. The former is found in the south-west Pacific Ocean while the latter is found in the Indian Ocean. The three taxa were described in 2009 by Mark D. Norman, Renata Boucher-Rodoni and F. G. Hochberg in the Journal of Molluscan Studies. The genus name is derived from octopus and the Greek word histos, meaning "web" or "tissue", in reference to the membrane on the outside of the arms. The type species was named zipkasae, "after the senior author's wonderful wife, Karen Zipkas", w

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