Octopus (genus)

Octopus (genus)
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Octopus

Octopus vulgaris

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Octopoda
Family:	Octopodidae
Subfamily:	Octopodinae
Genus:	Octopus Cuvier, 1797

Species

Many, see text

Octopus is the largest genus of octopuses, comprising more than 100 species.

Species

Genus Octopus
- Octopus adamsi *
- Octopus alatus *
- Octopus alecto
- Capricorn Night Octopus, Octopus alpheus
- Octopus araneoides *
- Octopus arborescens
- Plain-body Night Octopus, Octopus aspilosomatis
- Hammer Octopus, Octopus australis
- Octopus balboai
- Southern Keeled Octopus, Octopus berrima
- California Two-spot Octopus or Verrill's Two-spot Octopus, Octopus bimaculatus
- California Two-Spot Octopus, Octopus bimaculoides
- Bock's Pygmy Octopus, Octopus bocki
- Caribbean Reef Octopus, Octopus briareus
- Octopus brocki *
- Southern White-spot Octopus, Octopus bunurong
- North Pacific Bigeye Octopus, Octopus californicus
- Octopus campbelli
- Carolinian Octopus, Octopus carolinensis
- Octopus chierchiae
- Chestnut Octopus, Octopus conispadiceus
- Big Blue Octopus or Cyane's Octopus, Octopus cyanea
- Atlantic Longarm Octopus or Lilliput Longarm Octopus, Octopus defilippi
- Red-spot Night Octopus, Octopus dierythraeus
- Diguet's Pygmy Octopus, Octopus digueti
- Octopus favonius
- Octopus filamentosus
- Fitch's Pygmy Octopus, Octopus fitchi
- Octopus fujitai
- Octopus gardineri
- Octopus gibbsi
- Globe Octopus, Octopus globosus
- Octopus gorgonus¹
- Sribbled Night Octopus, Octopus graptus
- Octopus guangdongensis
- Octopus hardwickei
- Octopus hattai
- Octopus hongkongensis
- Hubb's Octopus, Octopus hubbsorum
- Octopus humilis¹
- Bumblebee Two-spot Octopus or Caribbean Two-spot Octopus, Octopus hummelincki²
- Atlantic Pygmy Octopus or Small-egg Caribbean Pygmy Octopus, Octopus joubini
- Octopus kaharoa
- Southern Sand Octopus, Octopus kaurna
- Lobed Octopus, Octopus lobensis *
- Octopus longispadiceus
- Starry Night Octopus, Octopus luteus
- Atlantic White-spotted Octopus, Octopus macropus
- Maori Octopus, Octopus maorum
- Octopus mariles¹
- Mexican Four-eyed Octopus, Octopus maya
- Octopus mercatoris *
- Octopus mernoo
- Octopus microphthalmus
- California Lilliput Octopus, Octopus micropyrsus
- Octopus mimus
- Octopus minor
  - Octopus minor minor
  - Octopus minor pardalis *
  - Octopus minor typicus *
- Octopus mutilans
- Octopus nanhaiensis
- Octopus nanus
- Octopus niveus
- Octopus nocturnus
- Octopus occidentalis
- Octopus ochotensis
- Galapagos Reef Octopus, Octopus oculifer
- Octopus oliveri
- White Striped Octopus, Octopus ornatus
- Octopus oshimai
- Octopus ovulum *
- Pale Octopus, Octopus pallidus
- Japanese Pygmy Octopus, Octopus parvus
- Octopus penicillifer
- Octopus pentherinus *
- Octopus prashadi
- Octopus pricei *
- Octopus pumilus
- Octopus pyrum
- Octopus rapanui
- Octopus roosevelti
- East Pacific Red Octopus, Octopus rubescens
- Spider Octopus, Octopus salutii
- Octopus sanctaehelenae
- Octopus sasakii
- Moon Octopus, Octopus selene
- Octopus spinosus *
- Frilled Pygmy Octopus, Octopus superciliosus
- Octopus taprobanensis *
- Tehuelche Octopus, Octopus tehuelchus
- Octopus tenebricus
- Gloomy Octopus or Common Sydney Octopus, Octopus tetricus
- Octopus tsugarensis *
- Octopus validus
- Veiled Octopus, Octopus veligero
- Octopus verrucosus
- Bighead Octopus, Octopus vitiensis
- Common Octopus, Octopus vulgaris
- Club Pygmy Octopus, Octopus warringa
- Octopus winckworthi
- Star-sucked Pygmy Octopus, Octopus wolfi
- Octopus yendoi *
- Atlantic Banded Octopus, Octopus zonatus

The species listed above with an asterisk (*) are questionable and need further study to determine if they are valid species or synonyms.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Huffard, C.L. 2007. Four new species of shallow water pygmy octopus (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) from the Kingdom of Tonga. Molluscan Research 27(3): 147–170.
^ Octopus hummelincki Adam, 1936 (Mollusca, Cephalopoda): specific name conserved

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