Caribbean Two-spot Octopus

Octopus hummelincki

Classification

Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Octopodidae

Octopus is the largest genus of octopuses, comprising about 100 species. These species are widespread throughout the world's oceans. Many species formerly placed in the genus Octopus are now assigned to other genera within the family.

Distribution

Caribbean Two-spot Octopus — (c) Austen Novis, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

France · 12United Kingdom · 9United States of America · 6Netherlands · 5Brazil · 2

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Austen Novis, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionOctopus (genus), Wikipedia contributors

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