Blue-lined Octopus

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Blue-lined octopus

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Octopodidae
Genus: Hapalochlaena
Species: H. fasciata
Binomial name
Hapalochlaena fasciata
Hoyle, 1886

The Blue-lined Octopus (Hapalochlaena fasciata) is one of 3 (or perhaps 4) species of Blue-ringed octopuses. It is most commonly found around intertidal rocky shores and coastal waters to a depth of 15 m between southern Queensland and southern New South Wales. Its mantle length can grow up to 45 mm. It has an appearance of yellow hide with dark blue or black streaks covering the whole body apart from the underside of its arms.

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