Octopus californicus
Species of octopus / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Octopus californicus (commonly the North Pacific bigeye octopus or orange bigeye octopus)[2][3] is an octopus in the family Octopodidae.[4] It is provisionally assigned to the genus Octopus, but some scholars have concluded it belongs in other genera.[5][6] O. californicus was first documented by S. Stillman Berry in 1911.[7]
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Octopus californicus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Octopoda |
Family: | Octopodidae |
Genus: | Octopus |
Species: | O. californicus |
Binomial name | |
Octopus californicus S. S. Berry, 1911 | |
Synonyms | |
Polypus californicus[1] |
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