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Family: Enteroctopodidae



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Indo-Pacific and Northwes
Max. Length 300 cm TL
Enteroctopus dofleini (Wülker, 1910)

 
Enteroctopus dofleini
[North Pacific giant octopus]
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Enteroctopus juttingi
[]

Photo by FAO

Southeast Atlantic
Max. Length 167 cm TL
Enteroctopus magnificus (Villanueva, Sanchez & Compagno, 1992)

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Enteroctopus magnificus
[Southern giant octopus]

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Southeast Pacific and Sou
Max. Length 109 cm TL
Enteroctopus megalocyathus (Gould, 1852)

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Enteroctopus megalocyathus
[Patagonian giant octopus]
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Max. Length 8.5 cm DL
 
Enteroctopus membranaceus
[]
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Max. Length 140 cm TL
 
Enteroctopus zealandicus
[Yellow octopus]
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Muusoctopus abruptus
[]

Photo by Golikov, Alexey

Northeast Atlantic and th
Max. Length 5.2 cm ML
Muusoctopus aegir Golikov, Gudmundsson & Sabirov, 2023

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Muusoctopus aegir
[]
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Muusoctopus berryi
[]
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Muusoctopus bizikovi
[]
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Muusoctopus canthylus
[]
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Muusoctopus clyderoperi
[]
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Muusoctopus eureka
[]
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Muusoctopus hokkaidensis
[]

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Atlantic Ocean.
Max. Length 7 cm ML
Muusoctopus januarii (Hoyle, 1885)

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Muusoctopus januarii
[January octopus]
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Muusoctopus johnsonianus
[]

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Western Central Pacific

Muusoctopus karubar (Norman, Hochberg & Lu, 1997)

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Muusoctopus karubar
[Karubar octopus]
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Muusoctopus levis
[]
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Muusoctopus longibrachus
[]
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Muusoctopus oregonae
[]
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Muusoctopus oregonensis
[]
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Muusoctopus profundorum
[]
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Muusoctopus pseudonymus
[]
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Muusoctopus rigbyae
[]
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Max. Length 14.2 cm ML
 
Muusoctopus robustus
[]
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Muusoctopus sibiricus
[]
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Muusoctopus tangaroa
[]
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Muusoctopus tegginmathae
[Deepwater octopus]
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Muusoctopus thielei
[]
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Muusoctopus yaquinae
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Enteroctopus dofleini North Pacific giant octopus Indo-Pacific and Northwes 300 TL 1910
Enteroctopus juttingi Southeast Pacific. 1929
Enteroctopus magnificus Southern giant octopus Southeast Atlantic 167 TL 1992
Enteroctopus megalocyathus Patagonian giant octopus Southeast Pacific and Sou 109 TL 1852
Enteroctopus membranaceus Southeast Pacific. 8.5 DL 1889
Enteroctopus zealandicus Yellow octopus Southwest Pacific 140 TL 1944
Muusoctopus abruptus Northwest Pacific 1920
Muusoctopus aegir Northeast Atlantic and th 5.2 ML 2023
Muusoctopus berryi Southeast Atlantic 1924
Muusoctopus bizikovi Southwest Atlantic 2010
Muusoctopus canthylus Northeast Pacific 1990
Muusoctopus clyderoperi Southwest Pacific 1999
Muusoctopus eureka Southwest Atlantic. 1929
Muusoctopus hokkaidensis Northern Pacific and the 1921
Muusoctopus januarii January octopus Atlantic Ocean. 7 ML 1885
Muusoctopus johnsonianus Northeast Atlantic 2006
Muusoctopus karubar Karubar octopus Western Central Pacific 1997
Muusoctopus levis Antarctic Ocean 1885
Muusoctopus longibrachus Southeast Pacific Ocean. 2006
Muusoctopus oregonae Western Central Atlantic 1981
Muusoctopus oregonensis Northeast Pacific 1990
Muusoctopus profundorum Northern Pacific and the 1932
Muusoctopus pseudonymus Eastern Atlantic. 1922
Muusoctopus rigbyae Antarctic peninsula 2009
Muusoctopus robustus Eastern Pacific 14.2 ML 1990
Muusoctopus sibiricus Arctic Ocean. 1930
Muusoctopus tangaroa Southwest Pacific 1999
Muusoctopus tegginmathae Deepwater octopus Southwest Pacific 1999
Muusoctopus thielei Antarctic Indian Ocean 1932
Muusoctopus yaquinae Northeast Pacific. 1990



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