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Red Octopus (Octopus rubescens)

The red octopus, scientifically known as Octopus rubescens, is a marine invertebrate commonly found along the Pacific co...

Small Coastal Common Northeast Pacific

7.3 Good

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Octopus ocellatus

Octopus ocellatus, also known as the webfoot octopus, is a marine cephalopod species found in the shallow coastal waters...

Coastal Eyespot Northwest Pacific Octopodidae

7.2 Good

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Octopus minor

Octopus minor is a small benthic octopus native to coastal waters of the northwestern Pacific, particularly around China...

Commercial Small Northwest Pacific Octopodidae

7.0 Good

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Octopus variabilis

An octopus found in coastal East Asian waters, particularly Japan and the Korean Peninsula, named for its highly variabl...

Coastal Japan Northwest Pacific Variable Color

6.7 Fair

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Cistopus chinensis

An octopus in the genus Cistopus found in the coastal and shelf waters of China and East Asia, characterized by the exte...

Commercial Coastal Northwest Pacific Octopodidae

6.7 Fair

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Octopus defilippi

A small octopus found in the Mediterranean Sea and eastern Atlantic Ocean, notable for its diminutive size and frequent...

Small Coastal Mediterranean Atlantic

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Octopus conispadiceus

Octopus conispadiceus is a marine octopus of the family Octopodidae, also known by the common name chestnut octopus. Mad...

Coastal Japan Medium Northwest Pacific

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Amphioctopus burryi

A small western Atlantic octopus found from the Gulf of Mexico into the Caribbean, known for occupying discarded shells...

Small Coastal Caribbean Western Atlantic

6.6 Fair

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Scaeurgus unicirrhus

A Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic octopus notable for possessing a single cirrus per sucker row, a distinctive anatom...

Small Coastal Mediterranean Atlantic

6.6 Fair

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Octopus salutii

A Mediterranean octopus described by Vérany in 1839, found in deeper shelf waters of the Mediterranean Sea and occasiona...

Small Coastal Mediterranean Rare

6.5 Fair

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Octopus hawaiiensis

A species of octopus native to the Hawaiian Islands, found in shallow reef and intertidal habitats and one of several ce...

Small Coastal Hawaii Pacific

6.5 Fair

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Scaeurgus patagiatus

A small benthic octopus found in the Mediterranean Sea and eastern Atlantic, characterized by prominent webbing between...

Small Coastal Rare Eastern Atlantic

6.4 Fair

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Amphioctopus siamensis

A shallow-water octopus found in the Gulf of Thailand and surrounding Southeast Asian seas, described from specimens col...

Small Coastal Southeast Asia Gulf Of Thailand

6.3 Fair

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Cistopus taiwanicus

A small octopus described from specimens collected off Taiwan, representing one of only two recognized species in the ot...

Coastal Medium Taiwan Northwest Pacific

6.3 Fair

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Octopus californicus

A small octopus described by Berry in 1911 from California, inhabiting rocky coastal and subtidal waters along the north...

Small California Coastal Northeast Pacific

6.3 Fair

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Octopus pricei

A Pacific octopus of moderate size named in honor of a collector, found in shallow coastal and reef habitats across the...

Small Coastal Intertidal Northeast Pacific

6.3 Fair

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Eledone aldrovandi

A Mediterranean and northeastern Atlantic octopus in the genus Eledone, distinguished by a single row of suckers on each...

Small Coastal Mediterranean Octopodidae

6.3 Fair

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Octopus laqueus

Small benthic octopus of the western Pacific found in Japanese coastal waters, described in the early 20th century with...

Small Coastal Japan Northwest Pacific

6.2 Fair

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Octopus tankahkeei

Small western Pacific octopus described as part of ongoing taxonomic revisions clarifying benthic octopus diversity acro...

Small Coastal East Asia Recently Described

6.2 Fair

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Octopus robsonellus

A small octopus found in Australian coastal waters, named in reference to Guy Coburn Robson, a British malacologist who...

Small Coastal Intertidal Western Pacific

6.2 Fair