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Octopus (genus)
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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, comprising more than 100 species. These species are widespread throughout the world's oceans.
Species
- Genus Octopus
- Octopus adamsi }
- Octopus alatus }
- Octopus alecto
- Octopus alpheus, Capricorn Night Octopus
- Octopus araneoides }
- Octopus arborescens
- Octopus aspilosomatis, Plain-body Night Octopus
- Octopus australis, Hammer Octopus
- Octopus balboai
- Octopus berrima, Southern Keeled Octopus
- Octopus bimaculatusOctopus bimaculatusThe California two-spot octopus or Verrill's two-spot octopus is an octopus common in the subtidal and intertidal zone of Southern California. It is often confused with the related species Octopus bimaculoides, and the common name "California two-spot octopus" is often applied to both...
, California Two-spot Octopus or Verrill's Two-spot Octopus - Octopus bimaculoides, California Two-Spot Octopus
- Octopus bocki, Bock's Pygmy Octopus
- Octopus briareus, Caribbean Reef Octopus
- Octopus brocki *
- Octopus bulbus
- Octopus bunurong, Southern White-spot Octopus
- Octopus californicus, North Pacific Bigeye Octopus
- Octopus campbelli
- Octopus carolinensis, Carolinian Octopus
- Octopus chierchiae
- Octopus conispadiceus, Chestnut Octopus
- Octopus cyanea, Big Blue Octopus or Cyane's Octopus,
- Octopus defilippi, Atlantic Longarm Octopus or Lilliput Longarm Octopus
- Octopus dierythraeus, Red-spot Night Octopus
- Octopus digueti, Diguet's Pygmy Octopus
- Octopus diminutus
- Octopus favonius
- Octopus filamentosus
- Octopus fitchi, Fitch's Pygmy Octopus
- Octopus fujitai
- Octopus gardineri
- Octopus gibbsi
- Octopus globosus, Globe Octopus
- Octopus gorgonus
- Octopus graptus, Sribbled Night Octopus
- Octopus guangdongensis
- Octopus hardwickei
- Octopus harpedon
- Octopus hattai
- Octopus hongkongensis
- Octopus hubbsorum, Hubb's Octopus
- Octopus humilis
- Octopus hummelincki, Bumblebee Two-spot Octopus or Caribbean Two-spot Octopus
- Octopus incella
- Octopus insularis
- Octopus joubini, Atlantic Pygmy Octopus or Small-egg Caribbean Pygmy Octopus
- Octopus kaharoa
- Octopus kaurna, Southern Sand Octopus
- Octopus laqueus
- Octopus lobensis, Lobed Octopus *
- Octopus longispadiceus
- Octopus luteus, Starry Night Octopus
- Octopus macropus, Atlantic White-spotted Octopus
- Octopus maorumOctopus maorumOctopus maorum, the Maori octopus or New Zealand octopus , is found in the waters around New Zealand and southern Australia. It lives around reefs and consumes crustaceans. The female takes good care of her eggs during the 11 weeks before they hatch....
, Maori Octopus - Octopus mariles
- Octopus maya, Mexican Four-eyed Octopus
- Octopus mercatorisOctopus mercatorisOctopus mercatoris is a small octopus species native to the Atlantic Ocean. It is mainly nocturnal, hunting by night and staying in a cave during the day. While most octopuses are cannibalistic, O. mercatoris is less cannibalistic than other species, and is sometimes found in small groups under...
* - Octopus mernoo
- Octopus microphthalmus
- Octopus micropyrsus, California Lilliput Octopus
- Octopus micros
- Octopus mimus
- Octopus minor
- Octopus minor minor
- Octopus minor pardalis *
- Octopus minor typicus *
- Octopus mutilans
- Octopus nanhaiensis
- Octopus nanus
- Octopus niveus
- Octopus nocturnus
- Octopus occidentalis
- Octopus ochotensis
- Octopus oculifer, Galapagos Reef Octopus
- Octopus oliveri
- Octopus ornatusOctopus ornatusThe ornate octopus is a tropical species of octopus native to the Indo-Pacific region. Other common names include white-striped octopus and night octopus, in reference to its nocturnal habits. It was previously known as Polypus ornatus. O. ornatus is edible and was recorded in a Hawaiian...
, White Striped Octopus - Octopus oshimai
- Octopus ovulum }
- Octopus pallidus, Pale Octopus
- Octopus parvus, Japanese Pygmy Octopus
- Octopus penicillifer
- Octopus pentherinus }
- Octopus prashadi
- Octopus pricei *
- Octopus pumilus
- Octopus pyrum
- Octopus rapanui
- Octopus roosevelti
- Octopus rubescens, East Pacific Red Octopus
- Octopus salutii, Spider Octopus
- Octopus sanctaehelenae
- Octopus sasakii
- Octopus selene, Moon Octopus
- Octopus spinosus }
- Octopus superciliosus, Frilled Pygmy Octopus
- Octopus taprobanensis }
- Octopus tehuelchus, Tehuelche Octopus
- Octopus tenebricus
- Octopus tetricus, Gloomy Octopus or Common Sydney Octopus
- Octopus tsugarensis *
- Octopus validus
- Octopus veligero, Veiled Octopus
- Octopus verrucosus
- Octopus vitiensis, Bighead Octopus
- Octopus vulgaris, Common Octopus
- Octopus warringa, Club Pygmy Octopus
- Octopus winckworthi
- Octopus wolfi, Star-sucker Pygmy Octopus
- Octopus yendoi }
- Octopus zonatus, Atlantic Banded Octopus
- White V Octopus, "Blandopus",
The species listed above with an asterisk (*) are questionable and need further study to determine if they are valid species or synonyms.