Global InformationCallistoctopus ornatus information
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Conservation status
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 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Octopodidae |
| Genus: | Callistoctopus |
| Species: | C. ornatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Callistoctopus ornatus (Gould, 1852)
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Callistoctopus ornatus (ornate octopus) is a tropical species of octopus native to the Indo-Pacific region.[1][2] Other common names include white-striped octopus and night octopus, in reference to its nocturnal habits. It was previously known as Polypus ornatus. C. ornatus is edible and was recorded in a Hawaiian market in 1914 by S. S. Berry.
- ^ a b Allcock, L.; Taite, M.; Allen, G. (2018). "Callistoctopus ornatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T163200A982981. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T163200A982981.en. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2014). Callistoctopus ornatus (Gould, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534728 on 2015-02-01