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day octopus (Octopus cyanea)
| Subject: | day octopus (Octopus cyanea)
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Date: 2009:10:02 18:44:14
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English: Octopus cyanea in Kona, Hawaii
Date 2009
Author Brocken Inaglory https://sites.google.com/site/thebrockeninglory/
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Octopus_cyaneain_Kona.jpg
The big blue octopus or day octopus (Octopus cyanea) is an octopus in the family Octopodidae. Octopus cyanea is found on reefs and in shallow waters in the Indo-Pacific. Its range extends from the Red Sea, the East African coast, and Madagascar, to southeastern Asia, Oceania, and as far as Hawaii.
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Scientific Name: Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849
Common Names: Day Octopus, Big Blue Octopus, Cyane's Octopus
Synonyms:
Callistoctopus magnocellatus Taki, 1964
Octopus cyaneus Gray, 1849
Octopus glaber Rüppell, 1920
Octopus horsti Joubin, 1898
Octopus marmoratus Hoyle, 1885
Polypus herdmani Hoyle, 1904 |
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