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Blanket Octopuses
Tremoctopus
Tremoctopus is a genus of pelagic cephalopods, containing four species that occupy surface to mid-waters in subtropical and tropical oceans. They are commonly known as blanket octopuses, in reference to the long, transparent webs that connect the dorsal and dorsolateral arms of the adult females. The other arms are much shorter and lack webbing.
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Indo-Pacific Violet Blanket Octopus
speciesTremoctopus gracilis
Violet Blanket Octopus
speciesTremoctopus violaceus
Robson's Blanket Octopus
speciesTremoctopus robsonianus
Gelatinous Blanket Octopus
speciesTremoctopus gelatus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 246409.