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Night Octopuses
Pinnoctopus
Pinnoctopus is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae. It is of doubtful validity.
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Atlantic White-spotted Octopus
speciesPinnoctopus macropus

Ornate Night Octopus
speciesPinnoctopus ornatus

Starry Night Octopus
speciesPinnoctopus luteus

Red-spotted Night Octopus
speciesPinnoctopus dierythraeus

Plainbody Night Octopus
speciesPinnoctopus aspilosomatis

Southern White-spotted Octopus
speciesPinnoctopus bunurong

Capricorn Night Octopus
speciesPinnoctopus alpheus

Pinnoctopus lechenaultii
speciesPinnoctopus lechenaultii

Pinnoctopus furvus
speciesPinnoctopus furvus

Rapanui Octopus
speciesPinnoctopus rapanui
Pinnoctopus cordiformis
speciesPinnoctopus cordiformis
Scribbled Night Octopus
speciesPinnoctopus graptus
Philippine Night Octopus
speciesPinnoctopus nocturnus
Kermadec Islands Octopus
speciesPinnoctopus kermadecensis
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 377706.