Pteroctopus

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Pteroctopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Octopodidae
Subfamily: Octopodinae
Genus: Pteroctopus
Fischer, 1882 in 1880-1887
Species

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Pteroctopus is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae.

[edit] Species

  • Pteroctopus eurycephala (Taki, 1964)
  • Pacific Fourhorn Octopus, Pteroctopus hoylei (Berry, 1909)
  • Pteroctopus keralensis
  • Dana Octopus, Pteroctopus schmidti (Joubin, 1933)
  • Fourhorn Octopus or Atlantic Fourhorn Octopus, Pteroctopus tetracirrhus (Chiaie, 1830 in 1823-1831)

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