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Enteroctopus information


Giant octopus
E. dofleini showing longitudinal folds and paddle-like papillae diagnostic for the genus.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Enteroctopodidae
Genus: Enteroctopus
Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889
Type species
Octopus megalocyathus
Gould, 1852
Species
  • Enteroctopus dofleini (Wülker, 1910)
  • Enteroctopus magnificus (Villanueva, Sánchez & Compagno Roeleveld, 1992)
  • Enteroctopus megalocyathus (Gould, 1952)
  • Enteroctopus zealandicus Benham, 1944

Enteroctopus is an octopus genus whose members are sometimes known as giant octopuses.

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