| Common Blanket Octopus | |
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| Ventral view of large female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Superfamily: | Argonautoida |
| Family: | Tremoctopodidae |
| Genus: | Tremoctopus |
| Species: | T. violaceus |
| Binomial name | |
| Tremoctopus violaceus Chiaje, 1830 |
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The Common Blanket Octopus, Tremoctopus violaceus, is a large octopus of the family Tremoctopodidae found worldwide in warm seas.