Telescope Octopus

Telescope Octopus

Taxobox
name = Telescope Octopus
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
ordo = Octopoda
familia = Amphitretidae
genus = "Amphitretus"
species = "A. pelagicus"
binomial = "Amphitretus pelagicus"
binomial_authority = Hoyle, 1885

The Telescope Octopus ("Amphitretus pelagicus") is a species of pelagic octopus found in tropical regions of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is transparent, almost colorless and has 8 arms. It is the only octopus to have tubular eyes, hence its common name.


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