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Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini)
| Subject: | Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini)
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Date: 2008:11:11 14:36:43
Camera: KODAK LS753 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA (EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY)
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Enteroctopus dofleini at the national aquarium in Washington DC
Date 11 November 2008
Author Bachrach44 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Bachrach44
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Enteroctopus_dofleini_in_aquarium.jpg
The Giant Pacific octopus or North Pacific giant octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) is a large marine cephalopod belonging to the genus Enteroctopus. Its spatial distribution includes the coastal North Pacific, along California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Alaska, Russia, northern Japan, and Korea. It is arguably the largest octopus species, based on a scientific record of a 71-kg individual weighed live.
Order: Octopoda
Family: Octopodidae
Genus: Enteroctopus
Species: Enteroctopus dofleini (Wülker, 1910)
Synonyms:
Octopus punctatus Gabb, 1862
Octopus dofleini Wülker, 1910
Polypus dofleini Wülker, 1910
Octopus dofleini dofleini (Wülker, 1910)
Polypus apollyon Berry, 1912
Octopus dofleini apollyon (Berry, 1912)
Polypus gilbertianus Berry, 1912
Octopus gilbertianus Berry, 1912
Octopus apollyon (Berry, 1913)
Octopus madokai Berry, 1921
Paroctopus asper Akimushkin, 1963
Octopus dofleini martini Pickford, 1964
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Scientific Name: Enteroctopus dofleini (Wülker, 1910)
Common Names: Giant Pacific Octopus, North Pacific Giant Octopus
Synonyms:
Octopus dofleini (Wülker, 1910)
Octopus punctatus Gabb, 1862
Octopus gilbertianus (Berry, 1912)
Polypus apollyon Berry, 1912
Polypus dofleini Wülker, 1910
Paroctopus asper Akimushkin, 1963
Polypus gilbertianus Berry, 1912 |
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