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Ameloctopus
Ameloctopus litoralis is the only species of octopus in 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 700007.