Common Blanket Octopus

Common Blanket Octopus
Ventral view of large female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Octopoda
Superfamily:	Argonautoida
Family:	Tremoctopodidae
Genus:	Tremoctopus
Species:	T. violaceus
Binomial name
Tremoctopus violaceus Chiaje, 1830

The Common Blanket Octopus, Tremoctopus violaceus, is a large octopus of the family Tremoctopodidae found worldwide in warm seas.

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  Dorsal view of large female

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  Lateral view of adult male with hectocotylus

References

• Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

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