Euaxoctopus
Encyclopedia
Euaxoctopus is a genus
of octopus
es in the family
Octopodidae
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The species listed above with an asterisk (* ) are questionable and need further study to determine if they are valid species or synonyms.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of octopus
Octopus
The octopus is a cephalopod mollusc of the order Octopoda. Octopuses have two eyes and four pairs of arms, and like other cephalopods they are bilaterally symmetric. An octopus has a hard beak, with its mouth at the center point of the arms...
es in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Octopodidae
Octopodidae
Octopodidae is the family containing the majority of known octopus species.-Subfamilies and species:*Basal genus Vulcanoctopus*Genus incertae sedis Histoctopus*Subfamily Bathypolypodinae**Genus Bathypolypus**Genus Benthoctopus...
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Species
- Euaxoctopus panamensis Voss, 1971
- Map Octopus, Euaxoctopus pillsburyae Voss, 1975
- Euaxoctopus scalenus * (Hoyle, 1904)
The species listed above with an asterisk (