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Banded Stringarm Octopus
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Banded Stringarm Octopus

Ameloctopus litoralis

Ameloctopus litoralis is a species of octopus in the family Octopodidae. It belongs to the monotypic genus Ameloctopus. It is found in shallow waters in tropical Australia and lacks an ink sack. Ameloctopus litoralis lays large eggs compared to other octopuses.

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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 700006.