| Citation | O'Brien, C.E., , C.O. Bennice and T. Leite, 2021 A field guide to distinguishing Octopus insularis and Octopus americanus (Octopoda: Octopodidae). Zootaxa 5060(4):589-594. |
| Ref. | 131166 O'Brien, C.E., , C.O. Bennice and T. Leite, 2021 |
| Page | 592 |
| Named Used as Valid | Octopus insularis |
| Locality | |
| Distribution | Western Atlantic: coast of southern Brazil to as far north as Puerto Rico in the Caribbean to the east, and the Yucatan Peninsula in the Gulf of Mexico to the west. Also photographed in Turks and Caicos, south Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda. |