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Family: Octopodidae octopuses (See list of species below)

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227 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

Abdopus abaculus [Mosaic drop-arm octopus]	Abdopus aculeatus [Prickly octopus]	No picture found Abdopus capricornicus []
Abdopus horridus [Red Sea octopus]	No picture found Abdopus tenebricus []	No picture found Abdopus tonganus []
No picture found Abdopus undulatus []	No picture found Adelieledone adelieana []	No picture found Adelieledone piatkowski []
Adelieledone polymorpha [Antarctic knobbed octopus]	Ameloctopus litoralis [Stringarm octopus]	Amphioctopus aegina [Sandbird octopus]
No picture found Amphioctopus arenicola []	Amphioctopus burryi [Brown-striped octopus]	Amphioctopus exannulatus [Plain-spot octopus]
Amphioctopus fangsiao [Gold-spot octopus]	Amphioctopus kagoshimensis [Stareye octopus]	Amphioctopus marginatus [Veined octopus]
Amphioctopus membranaceus [Webfoot octopus]	Amphioctopus mototi [Poison ocellate octopus]	Amphioctopus neglectus [Neglected ocellate octopus]
No picture found Amphioctopus ovulum []	Amphioctopus polyzenia [Arm-banded ocellate octopus]	Amphioctopus rex [King ocellate octopus]
No picture found Amphioctopus robsoni []	Amphioctopus siamensis [Siamese ocellate octopus]	No picture found Amphioctopus varunae []
Bathypolypus arcticus [North Atlantic octopus]	No picture found Bathypolypus bairdii []	No picture found Bathypolypus ergasticus [Fischers' bathyal octopus]
No picture found Bathypolypus faeroensis []	No picture found Bathypolypus pugniger []	No picture found Bathypolypus rubrostictus []
No picture found Bathypolypus salebrosus []	Bathypolypus sponsalis [Globose octopus]	No picture found Bathypolypus valdiviae [Valdivia bathyal octopus]
Bathypurpurata profunda [Purplish octopus]	No picture found Bentheledone albida []	Bentheledone rotunda [Rounded octopus]
No picture found Benthoctopus behni []	No picture found Benthoctopus fuscus []	No picture found Benthoctopus leioderma [Smoothskin octopus]
No picture found Benthoctopus macrophallus []	No picture found Benthoctopus magellanicus []	No picture found Benthoctopus piscatorum []
Callistoctopus alpheus [Capricorn octopus]	Callistoctopus aspilosomatis [Plain-body octopus]	Callistoctopus bunurong [Southern white-spot octopus]
No picture found Callistoctopus dierythraeus []	Callistoctopus graptus [Scribbled octopus]	No picture found Callistoctopus kermadecensis []
No picture found Callistoctopus lechenaultii []	Callistoctopus luteus [Small-spot octopus]	Callistoctopus macropus [White-spotted octopus]
Callistoctopus nocturnus [Philippine octopus]	Callistoctopus ornatus [White-striped octopus]	Callistoctopus rapanui [Rapanui octopus]
No picture found Callistoctopus xiaohongxu []	No picture found Cistopus chinensis [White-spotted pouched octopus]	Cistopus indicus [Old woman octopus]
Cistopus taiwanicus [Taiwan pouched octopus]	Euaxoctopus panamensis [Crescent octopus]	No picture found Euaxoctopus pillsburyae [Map octopus]
No picture found Euaxoctopus scalenus []	Galeoctopus lateralis [Sharkclub octopus]	Graneledone antarctica []
No picture found Graneledone challengeri []	No picture found Graneledone gonzalezi []	No picture found Graneledone macrotyla []
No picture found Graneledone pacifica []	No picture found Graneledone taniwha []	Graneledone verrucosa [Warty octopus]
No picture found Graneledone yamana []	Hapalochlaena fasciata [Blue-lined octopus]	Hapalochlaena lunulata [Greater blue-ringed octopus]
Hapalochlaena maculosa [Southern blue-ringed octopus]	No picture found Hapalochlaena nierstraszi []	No picture found Histoctopus discus []
Histoctopus zipkasae [Zippy's octopus]	No picture found Macrochlaena winckworthi [Winckworth’s octopus]	Macroctopus maorum [Maori octopus]
Macrotritopus defilippi [Lilliput longarm octopus]	Megaleledone setebos [Giant antactic octopus]	No picture found Octopus alatus []
Octopus alecto [Snakearm octopus]	No picture found Octopus araneoides []	No picture found Octopus arborescens []
No picture found Octopus areolatus []	Octopus australis [Hammer octopus]	No picture found Octopus balboai []
No picture found Octopus berenice []	Octopus berrima [Southern keeled octopus]	Octopus bimaculatus [California two-spot octopus]
Octopus bimaculoides [Lesser twospotted octopus]	Octopus bocki [Bock's pygmy octopus]	Octopus briareus [Caribbean reef octopus]
No picture found Octopus brocki []	No picture found Octopus burryi [Brownstriped octopus]	No picture found Octopus californicus [North Pacific bigeye octopus]
No picture found Octopus campbelli []	No picture found Octopus carolinensis [Carolinian octopus]	No picture found Octopus chierchiae []
Octopus conispadiceus [Chestnut octopus]	Octopus cyanea [Big blue octopus]	Octopus dierythraeus [Red-spot octopus]
No picture found Octopus diminutus []	Octopus dollfusi [Marbled octopus]	No picture found Octopus favonius []
No picture found Octopus filamentosus []	No picture found Octopus filosus [Bumblebee octopus]	No picture found Octopus fitchi [Lilliput octopus]
No picture found Octopus fujitai []	No picture found Octopus fusiformis []	No picture found Octopus gardineri []
No picture found Octopus gibbsi []	No picture found Octopus globosus [Globe octopus]	No picture found Octopus gorgonus []
No picture found Octopus guangdongenis []	No picture found Octopus harpedon []	No picture found Octopus hattai []
No picture found Octopus hawaiiensis [Hawaiian octopus]	Octopus hongkongensis []	Octopus hubbsorum [Hubb's octopus]
No picture found Octopus humilis []	No picture found Octopus huttoni []	No picture found Octopus incella [Large-eared pika]
Octopus insularis [Brazil reef octopus]	No picture found Octopus joubini [Atlantic pygmy octopus]	No picture found Octopus kaharoa []
Octopus kaurna [Southern sand octopus]	No picture found Octopus laqueus []	No picture found Octopus lobensis [Lobed octopus]
No picture found Octopus longispadiceus []	No picture found Octopus mariles []	Octopus maya [Mexican four-eyed octopus]
No picture found Octopus mercatoris []	No picture found Octopus mernoo []	No picture found Octopus microphthalmus []
No picture found Octopus micropyrsus [California lilliput octopus]	No picture found Octopus micros []	Octopus mimus [Changos octopus]
Octopus minor [Long arm octopus]	No picture found Octopus mutilans []	No picture found Octopus nanhaiensis []
No picture found Octopus nanus []	No picture found Octopus niveus []	No picture found Octopus occidentalis []
No picture found Octopus ochotensis []	Octopus oculifer [Galapagos octopus]	No picture found Octopus oliveri []
No picture found Octopus oshimai []	Octopus pallidus [Pale octopus]	No picture found Octopus parvus [Japanese pygmy octopus]
No picture found Octopus penicillifer []	No picture found Octopus pentherinus []	No picture found Octopus prashadi []
No picture found Octopus pricei []	No picture found Octopus pumilus []	No picture found Octopus pyrum []
No picture found Octopus roosevelti []	Octopus rubescens [East Pacific red octopus]	Octopus salutii [Spider octopus]
No picture found Octopus sanctaehelenae []	No picture found Octopus sasakii []	Octopus selene [Moon octopus]
No picture found Octopus spinosus []	No picture found Octopus striolatus []	No picture found Octopus superciliosus [Frilled pygmy octopus]
No picture found Octopus taprobanensis []	Octopus tehuelchus [Tehuelche octopus]	No picture found Octopus tenuipulvinus []
Octopus tetricus [Gloomy octopus]	No picture found Octopus tsugarensis []	No picture found Octopus validus []
No picture found Octopus variabilis [Whiparm octopus]	Octopus veligero [Veiled octopus]	No picture found Octopus verrucosus []
No picture found Octopus vitiensis [Bighead octopus]	Octopus vulgaris [Common octopus]	No picture found Octopus warringa [Club pygmy octopus]
No picture found Octopus wolfi [Star-sucker pygmy octopus]	No picture found Octopus zonatus [Atlantic banded squid]	No picture found Pareledone aequipapillae []
No picture found Pareledone albimaculata []	No picture found Pareledone antarctica []	No picture found Pareledone aurata []
No picture found Pareledone aurorae []	No picture found Pareledone charcoti [Charcot's octopus]	No picture found Pareledone cornuta []
No picture found Pareledone felix []	No picture found Pareledone framensis []	No picture found Pareledone harrissoni []
No picture found Pareledone panchroma []	No picture found Pareledone prydzensis []	No picture found Pareledone serperastrata []
No picture found Pareledone subtilis []	Pareledone turqueti [Turquet's octopus]	No picture found Paroctopus digueti [Diguet's pygmy octopus]
No picture found Pinnoctopus cordiformis []	No picture found Pinnoctopus kermadecensis []	No picture found Pteroctopus eurycephala []
No picture found Pteroctopus hoylei [Pacific fourhorn octopus]	No picture found Pteroctopus keralensis []	No picture found Pteroctopus schmidti [Dana octopus]
Pteroctopus tetracirrhus [Fourhorn octopus]	No picture found Pteroctopus witjazi []	No picture found Robsonella fontaniana [Small octopus]
No picture found Robsonella huttoni []	No picture found Sasakiopus salebrosus [Rough octopus]	No picture found Scaeurgus jumeau []
No picture found Scaeurgus nesisi []	No picture found Scaeurgus patagiatus []	No picture found Scaeurgus tuber []
Scaeurgus unicirrhus [Unihorn octopus]	No picture found Teretoctopus alcocki []	No picture found Teretoctopus indicus [Fourpad octopus]
No picture found Tetracheledone spinicirrhus [Spiny-horn octopus]	No picture found Thaumeledone brevis []	No picture found Thaumeledone gunteri [Gunter's octopus]
No picture found Thaumeledone marshalli []	No picture found Thaumeledone peninsulae []	No picture found Thaumeledone zeiss []
Thaumoctopus mimicus [Mimic octopus]	No picture found Velodona togata [Angel octopus]	No picture found Vosseledone charrua [Charrua octopus]
No picture found Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis [Vent octopus]	No picture found Wunderpus photogenicus [Wunderpus]

227 Species of Family Octopodidae
(octopuses)

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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Abdopus abaculus	Mosaic drop-arm octopus	Western Central Pacific.	3.3 ML
Abdopus aculeatus	Prickly octopus	Western Central Pacific.	43 TL
Abdopus capricornicus		Western Central Pacific.	4.2 ML
Abdopus horridus	Red Sea octopus	Western Indian Ocean	12 TL
Abdopus tenebricus		Western Central Pacific	2 ML
Abdopus tonganus		Western Central Pacific	3.5 ML
Abdopus undulatus		Western Central Pacific	3.3 ML
Adelieledone adelieana		Antarctic.	16 TL
Adelieledone piatkowski		Antarctic.	14 TL
Adelieledone polymorpha	Antarctic knobbed octopus	Atlantic Antarctic	20 TL
Ameloctopus litoralis	Stringarm octopus	Indo-West Pacific	26 TL
Amphioctopus aegina	Sandbird octopus	Indo-West Pacific	10 ML
Amphioctopus arenicola		Eastern Central Pacific
Amphioctopus burryi	Brown-striped octopus	Atlantic Ocean.	7 ML
Amphioctopus exannulatus	Plain-spot octopus	Indo-West Pacific.	20 TL
Amphioctopus fangsiao	Gold-spot octopus	Northwest Pacific. Subtr	20 TL
Amphioctopus kagoshimensis	Stareye octopus	Northwest Pacific
Amphioctopus marginatus	Veined octopus	Indo-West Pacific.	30 TL
Amphioctopus membranaceus	Webfoot octopus	Indo-Pacific	30 TL
Amphioctopus mototi	Poison ocellate octopus	Pacific Ocean.	32 TL
Amphioctopus neglectus	Neglected ocellate octopus	Indo-West Pacific.	24.6 TL
Amphioctopus ovulum		Northwest Pacific
Amphioctopus polyzenia	Arm-banded ocellate octopus	Indo-Pacific	13 TL
Amphioctopus rex	King ocellate octopus	Indo-West Pacific.	35.8 TL
Amphioctopus robsoni		Western Indian Ocean.
Amphioctopus siamensis	Siamese ocellate octopus	Indo-West Pacific.
Amphioctopus varunae		Western Indian Ocean
Bathypolypus arcticus	North Atlantic octopus	Atlantic Ocean and the Ar	10 ML
Bathypolypus bairdii		Northern Atlantic and the	20 TL
Bathypolypus ergasticus	Fischers' bathyal octopus	Eastern Atlantic.	10 ML
Bathypolypus faeroensis		Northeast Atlantic.
Bathypolypus pugniger		Northern Atlantic and the	15 TL
Bathypolypus rubrostictus		Northwest Pacific
Bathypolypus salebrosus		Northwest Pacific.
Bathypolypus sponsalis	Globose octopus	Eastern Atlantic and the	10 ML
Bathypolypus valdiviae	Valdivia bathyal octopus	Southeast Atlantic and We	8 ML
Bathypurpurata profunda	Purplish octopus	Antarctic Atlantic
Bentheledone albida		Antarctic Indian Ocean.
Bentheledone rotunda	Rounded octopus	Antarctic Ocean.
Benthoctopus behni		Indian Ocean.
Benthoctopus fuscus		Northwest Pacific
Benthoctopus leioderma	Smoothskin octopus	Northern Pacific and the
Benthoctopus macrophallus		Northeast Pacific.
Benthoctopus magellanicus		Southeast Pacific.
Benthoctopus piscatorum		Northeast Atlantic and th
Callistoctopus alpheus	Capricorn octopus	Western Pacific	43 TL
Callistoctopus aspilosomatis	Plain-body octopus	Central Pacific	44 TL
Callistoctopus bunurong	Southern white-spot octopus	Southwest Pacific.
Callistoctopus dierythraeus		Indo-West Pacific	80 TL
Callistoctopus graptus	Scribbled octopus	Indo-West Pacific	130 TL
Callistoctopus kermadecensis		Southwest Pacific
Callistoctopus lechenaultii		Eastern Indian Ocean
Callistoctopus luteus	Small-spot octopus	Western Pacific.	70 TL
Callistoctopus macropus	White-spotted octopus	Circumglobal in warm to t	18 ML
Callistoctopus nocturnus	Philippine octopus	Western Central Pacific	35 TL
Callistoctopus ornatus	White-striped octopus	Indo-Pacific.	120 TL
Callistoctopus rapanui	Rapanui octopus	Southeast Pacific
Callistoctopus xiaohongxu		Northwest Pacific
Cistopus chinensis	White-spotted pouched octopus	Northwest Pacific
Cistopus indicus	Old woman octopus	Indo-West Pacific	100 TL
Cistopus taiwanicus	Taiwan pouched octopus	Northwest Pacific	14 ML
Euaxoctopus panamensis	Crescent octopus	Eastern Central Pacific	20 TL
Euaxoctopus pillsburyae	Map octopus	Western Central Atlantic	20 TL
Euaxoctopus scalenus		Eastern Central Pacific
Galeoctopus lateralis	Sharkclub octopus	Central Pacific.	16.5 TL
Graneledone antarctica		Antarctic
Graneledone challengeri		Western Pacific and Antar
Graneledone gonzalezi		Antarctic Indian Ocean	33.5 TL
Graneledone macrotyla		Antarctic waters.
Graneledone pacifica		Northern Pacific.
Graneledone taniwha		Southwest Pacific.
Graneledone verrucosa	Warty octopus	Northern Atlantic and the	50 TL
Graneledone yamana		Southwest Atlantic	8 ML
Hapalochlaena fasciata	Blue-lined octopus	Southwest Pacific	15 TL
Hapalochlaena lunulata	Greater blue-ringed octopus	Indo-West Pacific.	12 TL
Hapalochlaena maculosa	Southern blue-ringed octopus	Indo-West Pacific	22 TL
Hapalochlaena nierstraszi		Indo-West Pacific.
Histoctopus discus		Western Central Pacific
Histoctopus zipkasae	Zippy's octopus	Western Central Pacific
Macrochlaena winckworthi	Winckworth’s octopus	Eastern Indian Ocean	3.3 ML
Macroctopus maorum	Maori octopus	Southwest Pacific.
Macrotritopus defilippi	Lilliput longarm octopus	Atlantic, Indian oceans a	9 ML
Megaleledone setebos	Giant antactic octopus	Atlantic Ocean, Antarctic	90 TL
Octopus alatus		Northwest Pacific.
Octopus alecto	Snakearm octopus	Eastern Central Pacific	6.5 ML
Octopus araneoides		Northwest Pacific.
Octopus arborescens		Eastern Indian Ocean.
Octopus areolatus		Northwest Pacific.
Octopus australis	Hammer octopus	Western Pacific
Octopus balboai		Eastern Central Pacific	3.4 ML
Octopus berenice		Indo-West Pacific	1.7 ML
Octopus berrima	Southern keeled octopus	Southwest Pacific.
Octopus bimaculatus	California two-spot octopus	Eastern Central Pacific	122 TL
Octopus bimaculoides	Lesser twospotted octopus	Eastern Central Pacific	12 ML
Octopus bocki	Bock's pygmy octopus	Central Pacific	2.5 ML
Octopus briareus	Caribbean reef octopus	Western Atlantic	100 TL
Octopus brocki		Northwest Pacific.
Octopus burryi	Brownstriped octopus	Atlantic Ocean	7 ML
Octopus californicus	North Pacific bigeye octopus	Eastern Pacific.	14 ML
Octopus campbelli		Southwest Pacific.
Octopus carolinensis	Carolinian octopus	Western Atlantic.	20 ML
Octopus chierchiae		Eastern Pacific	2.5 ML
Octopus conispadiceus	Chestnut octopus	Northwest Atlantic	150 TL
Octopus cyanea	Big blue octopus	Indo-Pacific	22 ML
Octopus dierythraeus	Red-spot octopus	Western Central Pacific.
Octopus diminutus		Northwest Pacific
Octopus dollfusi	Marbled octopus	Western Pacific	9 ML
Octopus favonius		Western Central Pacific.
Octopus filamentosus		Western Indian Ocean.
Octopus filosus	Bumblebee octopus	Western Atlantic and Cari	7.2 ML
Octopus fitchi	Lilliput octopus	Eastern Pacific.	4.5 ML
Octopus fujitai		Northwest Pacific.
Octopus fusiformis		Northwest Pacific
Octopus gardineri		Western Indian Ocean.
Octopus gibbsi		Southwest Pacific.
Octopus globosus	Globe octopus	Indo-West Pacific	25 ML
Octopus gorgonus		Western Central Pacific
Octopus guangdongenis		Western Pacific
Octopus harpedon		Western Central Pacific
Octopus hattai		Northwest Pacific.
Octopus hawaiiensis	Hawaiian octopus	Eastern Central Pacific	3 ML
Octopus hongkongensis		Northwest Pacific.	9 ML
Octopus hubbsorum	Hubb's octopus	Eastern Central Pacific.	22 ML
Octopus humilis		Western Central Pacific
Octopus huttoni		Southwest Pacific	5.7 ML
Octopus incella	Large-eared pika	Northwest Pacific	3.1 ML
Octopus insularis	Brazil reef octopus	Western Atlantic	12 ML
Octopus joubini	Atlantic pygmy octopus	Atlantic Ocean	15 TL
Octopus kaharoa		Southwest Pacific.
Octopus kaurna	Southern sand octopus	Southwest Pacific.
Octopus laqueus		Northwest Pacific
Octopus lobensis	Lobed octopus	Southwest Atlantic	10 ML
Octopus longispadiceus		Northwest Pacific.
Octopus mariles		Western Central Pacific
Octopus maya	Mexican four-eyed octopus	Western Central Atlantic	12 ML
Octopus mercatoris		Western Central Atlantic.	2 ML
Octopus mernoo		Southwest Pacific.
Octopus microphthalmus		Indo-West Pacific.
Octopus micropyrsus	California lilliput octopus	Eastern Central Pacific.
Octopus micros		Western Central Pacific	2.5 ML
Octopus mimus	Changos octopus	Southeast Pacific	19 ML
Octopus minor	Long arm octopus	Northwest Pacific	70 TL
Octopus mutilans		Northwest Pacific.
Octopus nanhaiensis		Western Pacific
Octopus nanus		Western Indian Ocean.
Octopus niveus		Central Pacific.
Octopus occidentalis		Southeast Atlantic.
Octopus ochotensis		Northwest Pacific.
Octopus oculifer	Galapagos octopus	Southeast Pacific	42 TL
Octopus oliveri		Western Pacific	7 ML
Octopus oshimai		Northwest Pacific.
Octopus pallidus	Pale octopus	Southwest Pacific.	54 TL
Octopus parvus	Japanese pygmy octopus	Northwest Pacific.
Octopus penicillifer		Eastern Central Pacific	4 ML
Octopus pentherinus		Southwest Atlantic.	3.7 DL
Octopus prashadi		Eastern Indian Ocean.
Octopus pricei		Eastern Central Pacific.
Octopus pumilus		Western Central Pacific.
Octopus pyrum		Western Central Pacific.
Octopus roosevelti		Eastern Central Pacific.
Octopus rubescens	East Pacific red octopus	Eastern Pacific. Subtrop	45 TL
Octopus salutii	Spider octopus	Mediterranean Sea and Nor	16.5 ML
Octopus sanctaehelenae		Southeast Atlantic.
Octopus sasakii		Northwest Pacific.
Octopus selene	Moon octopus	Eastern Pacific	6 ML
Octopus spinosus		Northwest Pacific.
Octopus striolatus		Western Pacific
Octopus superciliosus	Frilled pygmy octopus	Eastern Indian Ocean.
Octopus taprobanensis		Eastern Indian Ocean.
Octopus tehuelchus	Tehuelche octopus	Southwest Atlantic	30 TL
Octopus tenuipulvinus		Northwest Pacific.
Octopus tetricus	Gloomy octopus	Indo-West Pacific	80 TL
Octopus tsugarensis		Northwest Pacific.
Octopus validus		Northwest Pacific.
Octopus variabilis	Whiparm octopus	Northwest Pacific	70 TL
Octopus veligero	Veiled octopus	Eastern Pacific.
Octopus verrucosus		Southeast Atlantic.	8 ML
Octopus vitiensis	Bighead octopus	Western Central Pacific.
Octopus vulgaris	Common octopus	Circumglobal in temperate	180 TL
Octopus warringa	Club pygmy octopus	Southwest Pacific.
Octopus wolfi	Star-sucker pygmy octopus	Indo-Pacific	4.5 TL
Octopus zonatus	Atlantic banded squid	Western Central Atlantic.	3 ML
Pareledone aequipapillae		Antarctic
Pareledone albimaculata		Antarctic
Pareledone antarctica		Antarctic Indian Ocean.
Pareledone aurata		Atlantic Antarctic
Pareledone aurorae		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Pareledone charcoti	Charcot's octopus	Southwest Atlantic and An	6.5 ML
Pareledone cornuta		Atlantic Antarctic
Pareledone felix		Antarctic peninsula.	6 ML
Pareledone framensis		Antarctic Indian Ocean.
Pareledone harrissoni		Antarctic Indian Ocean.
Pareledone panchroma		Antarctic
Pareledone prydzensis		Antarctic Indian Ocean.	3 ML
Pareledone serperastrata		Atlantic Antarctic
Pareledone subtilis		Antarctic
Pareledone turqueti	Turquet's octopus	Southern Atlantic and Ant	18 TL
Paroctopus digueti	Diguet's pygmy octopus	Eastern Pacific	7.4 ML
Pinnoctopus cordiformis		Indo-West Pacific	200 TL
Pinnoctopus kermadecensis		Southwest Pacific
Pteroctopus eurycephala		Northwest Pacific.
Pteroctopus hoylei	Pacific fourhorn octopus	Eastern Central Pacific.
Pteroctopus keralensis		Western Indian Ocean.
Pteroctopus schmidti	Dana octopus	Western Atlantic.	5.7 ML
Pteroctopus tetracirrhus	Fourhorn octopus	Atlantic and the Mediterr	13 ML
Pteroctopus witjazi		Northwest Pacific.
Robsonella fontaniana	Small octopus	Southeast Pacific
Robsonella huttoni		Southwest Pacific.
Sasakiopus salebrosus	Rough octopus	Northeast Pacific and the
Scaeurgus jumeau		Southwest Pacific	4.4 ML
Scaeurgus nesisi		Western Central Pacific	5.6 ML
Scaeurgus patagiatus		Pacific Ocean	6.3 ML
Scaeurgus tuber		Western Pacific	2.4 ML
Scaeurgus unicirrhus	Unihorn octopus	Indo-Pacific, Atlantic an	12 ML
Teretoctopus alcocki		Northern Indian Ocean
Teretoctopus indicus	Fourpad octopus	Western Indian Ocean.
Tetracheledone spinicirrhus	Spiny-horn octopus	Western Atlantic. Tropic	26 TL
Thaumeledone brevis		Southwest Atlantic	2 ML
Thaumeledone gunteri	Gunter's octopus	Antarctic Atlantic
Thaumeledone marshalli		Southwest Pacific.
Thaumeledone peninsulae		Atlantic Antarctic	4.8 ML
Thaumeledone zeiss		Southwest Pacific.
Thaumoctopus mimicus	Mimic octopus	Indo-West Pacific.	48 TL
Velodona togata	Angel octopus	Western Indian Ocean and
Vosseledone charrua	Charrua octopus	Southwest Atlantic	7.6 ML
Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis	Vent octopus	Pacific Ocean.
Wunderpus photogenicus	Wunderpus	Indo-West Pacific	23 TL

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