Galapagos Octopus

Octopus oculifer

Classification

Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Octopodidae

Octopus oculifer, also known as the Galápagos octopus, is a species of octopus endemic to the coast of the Galápagos, and has been identified in the Revillagigedos ecoregion, living between 0-50 m deep.

Distribution

Galapagos Octopus — (c) Franklin Checa, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Franklin Checa · CC-BY-SA

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Mexico · 25

Sources and credits

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