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Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Enteroctopodidae

Genus: Enteroctopus

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

 
Enteroctopus dofleini
[North Pacific giant octopus]
No picture found
 
Enteroctopus juttingi
[]

FAO

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

Photo by FAO
 
Enteroctopus magnificus
[Southern giant octopus]

FAO

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

Photo by FAO
 
Enteroctopus megalocyathus
[Patagonian giant octopus]
No picture found

Max. Length 8.5 cm DL
 
Enteroctopus membranaceus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 140 cm TL
 
Enteroctopus zealandicus
[Yellow octopus]


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