Octopus (genus)
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| Octopus | |
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| Octopus vulgaris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Octopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Octopodinae |
| Genus: | Octopus Cuvier, 1797 |
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Octopus is the largest genus of octopuses, comprising more than 100 species. These species are widespread throughout the world's oceans.
[edit] Species
- Genus Octopus
- Octopus adamsi *[citation needed]
- Octopus alatus *[citation needed]
- Octopus alecto
- Octopus alpheus, Capricorn Night Octopus
- Octopus araneoides *[citation needed]
- Octopus arborescens
- Octopus aspilosomatis, Plain-body Night Octopus
- Octopus australis, Hammer Octopus
- Octopus balboai
- Octopus berrima, Southern Keeled Octopus
- Octopus bimaculatus, 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[1]
- Octopus favonius
- Octopus filamentosus
- Octopus fitchi, Fitch's Pygmy Octopus
- Octopus fujitai
- Octopus gardineri
- Octopus gibbsi
- Octopus globosus, Globe Octopus
- Octopus gorgonus[2]
- Octopus graptus, Sribbled Night Octopus
- Octopus guangdongensis
- Octopus hardwickei
- Octopus harpedon
- Octopus hattai
- Octopus hongkongensis
- Octopus hubbsorum, Hubb's Octopus
- Octopus humilis[2]
- Octopus hummelincki, Bumblebee Two-spot Octopus or Caribbean Two-spot Octopus [3]
- Octopus incella
- Octopus insularis[4]
- 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 maorum, Maori Octopus
- Octopus mariles[2]
- Octopus maya, Mexican Four-eyed Octopus
- Octopus mercatoris *
- Octopus mernoo
- Octopus microphthalmus
- Octopus micropyrsus, California Lilliput Octopus
- Octopus micros
- Octopus mimus
- Octopus minor[citation needed]
- 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 ornatus, White Striped Octopus
- Octopus oshimai
- Octopus ovulum *[citation needed]
- Octopus pallidus, Pale Octopus
- Octopus parvus, Japanese Pygmy Octopus
- Octopus penicillifer
- Octopus pentherinus *[citation needed]
- 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 *[citation needed]
- Octopus superciliosus, Frilled Pygmy Octopus
- Octopus taprobanensis *[citation needed]
- 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 *[citation needed]
- Octopus zonatus, Atlantic Banded Octopus
- White V Octopus, "Blandopus", [5][Full citation needed]
The species listed above with an asterisk (*) are questionable and need further study to determine if they are valid species or synonyms.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ Kaneko, N. & Kubodera, T. (2008). "Two new species of pygmy octopuses (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from deep water off the Ryukyu Archipelago, southern Japan." Molluscan Research 28(3): 145–157.
- ^ a b c Huffard, C.L. 2007. Four new species of shallow water pygmy octopus (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) from the Kingdom of Tonga. Molluscan Research 27(3): 147–170.
- ^ Octopus hummelincki Adam, 1936 (Mollusca, Cephalopoda): specific name conserved
- ^ Leite, T. S.; Haimovici, M.; Molina, W.; Warnke, K. (2007). "Morphological and genetic description of Octopus insularis, a new cryptic species in the Octopus vulgaris complex (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from the tropical southwestern Atlantic". Journal of Molluscan Studies 74 (1): 63–74. doi:10.1093/mollus/eym050.
- ^ Octopus sp. 18 'Lembeh', BiolJLinnSoc93:23.
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