Category
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blue-ringed octopus
Species of mollusc
North Pacific giant octopus
species of mollusc
Octopodidae
The Octopodidae are a family containing the majority of known octopus species (about 175 species).
Octopus
largest genus of octopuses
Thaumoctopus mimicus
species of mollusc
Southern blue-ringed octopus
species of mollusc
Greater blue-ringed octopus
species of mollusc
Amphioctopus marginatus
species of mollusc
Octopus cyanea
species of mollusc
Octopus macropus
species of mollusc
Wunderpus photogenicus
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'.
Octopus minor
species of mollusc
Velodona togata
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.
Amphioctopus
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Amphioctopus is a genus of octopuses comprising around 18 species.
Octopus salutii
species of mollusc
Amphioctopus fangsiao
species of octopus
Graneledone
Graneledone is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae. The type species is Eledone verrucosa Verrill, 1881.
Graneledone boreopacifica
species of mollusc
Octopus maya
species of mollusc
Bathypolypus arcticus
species of mollusc
Octopus tetricus
species of mollusc
Octopus pallidus
species of mollusc
Callistoctopus
REDIRECT Pinnoctopus
Bentheledone
Bentheledone is a genus of octopuses in the family Megaleledonidae.
Robsonella
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.
Octopus tehuelchus
species of mollusc
Teretoctopus
Teretoctopus is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae.
Octopus vitiensis
species of octopuses
Octopus superciliosus
species of mollusc
Scaeurgus unicirrhus
species of mollusc
Abdopus
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Abdopus is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae.
Octopus oculifer
species of mollusc
Octopus mimus
species of mollusc
Enteroctopus magnificus
species of mollusc
Octopus californicus
species of mollusc
Amphioctopus mototi
species of mollusc
Abdopus abaculus
species of mollusc
Octopus australis
species of mollusc
Scaeurgus
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.
Bathypolypus valdiviae
species of mollusc
Euaxoctopus
Euaxoctopus is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae.
Graneledone verrucosa
species of mollusc
Pteroctopus
Pteroctopus is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae.
Octopus oliveri
Species of octopus
Octopus conispadiceus
species of mollusc
Amphioctopus aegina
species of mollusc
Octopus chierchiae
species of mollusc
Robsonella huttoni
species of mollusc
Pareledone
Pareledone is a genus of octopuses in the family Megaleledonidae.
Callistoctopus ornatus
species of mollusc
Octopus sinensis
species of mollusc
Enteroctopus zealandicus
species of mollusc
Pinnoctopus cordiformis
species of mollusc
Thaumeledone
Thaumeledone is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae found in deep waters in the Southern Hemisphere.
Amphioctopus rex
species of mollusc
Octopus kaurna
species of mollusc
Teretoctopus indicus
species of mollusc
Histoctopus
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
Amphioctopus exannulatus
species of mollusc
Amphioctopus burryi
species of mollusc