- Octopus cyanea
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Big Blue Octopus 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Cephalopoda Order: Octopoda Family: Octopodidae Genus: Octopus Subgenus: Octopus Species: O. cyanea Binomial name Octopus cyanea
Gray, 1849Synonyms - Octopus cyaneus
Gray, 1849 - Octopus marmoratus
Hoyle, 1885 - Octopus tonganus
Hoyle, 1885 - Octopus horsti
Joubin, 1898 - Polypus herdmani
Hoyle, 1904 - Callistoctopus magnocellatus
Taki, 1964
Octopus cyanea, also known as the big blue octopus, day octopus and Cyane's octopus, is an octopus in the family Octopodidae. It occurs in both the Pacific and Indian Oceans, from Hawaii to the eastern coast of Africa.[1]
O. cyanea grows to 16 cm in mantle length with arms to at least 80 cm.[1]
The type specimen was collected off Australia and is deposited at The Natural History Museum in London.[2]
References
- ^ a b Norman, M.D. 2000. Cephalopods: A World Guide. ConchBooks.
- ^ Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda
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