Seven-arm octopus
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Not to be confused with Septopus from Finding Dory.
The seven-arm octopus (Haliphron atlanticus), also known as the blob octopus or sometimes called septopus, is one of the two largest known species of octopus; the largest specimen ever discovered had an estimated total length of 3.5 m (11 ft) and mass of 75 kg (165 lb).[3][4] The only other similarly large extant species is the giant Pacific octopus, Enteroctopus dofleini.
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Seven-arm octopus | |
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Ventral view of young female (70 mm ML) | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Octopoda |
Family: | Alloposidae Verrill, 1881 |
Genus: | Haliphron Steenstrup, 1861 |
Species: | H. atlanticus |
Binomial name | |
Haliphron atlanticus Steenstrup, 1861[2] | |
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The genera Alloposina Grimpe, 1922, Alloposus Verrill, 1880 and Heptopus Joubin, 1929 are junior synonyms of Haliphron, a monotypic genus in the monotypic family Alloposidae, part of the superfamily Argonautoidea in the suborder Incirrata of the order Octopoda.[2]