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Typical Octopuses
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Typical Octopuses

Octopodidae

The Octopodidae comprise the family containing the majority of known octopus species.

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23 branches of this family, most-observed first

Octopus

genusOctopus

Blue-ringed Octopuses

genusHapalochlaena

Ocellate Octopuses

genusAmphioctopus

Night Octopuses

genusPinnoctopus

Indo-Pacific Longarm Octopuses

genusAbdopus

Macroctopus

genusMacroctopus

Thaumoctopus

genusThaumoctopus

Wunderpus

genusWunderpus

Macrotritopus

genusMacrotritopus

Robsonella

genusRobsonella

Pouched Octopuses

genusCistopus

Ameloctopus

genusAmeloctopus

Paroctopus

genusParoctopus

Macrochlaena

genusMacrochlaena

Grimpella

genusGrimpella

Fourhorn Octopuses

genusPteroctopus

Scaeurgus

genusScaeurgus

Teretoctopus

genusTeretoctopus

Galeoctopus

genusGaleoctopus

Histoctopus

genusHistoctopus

Lepidoctopus

genusLepidoctopus

Danoctopus

genusDanoctopus

Euaxoctopus

genusEuaxoctopus

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Recorded sightings

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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 47457.