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Family Octopodidae

Octopus cyanea

Gray, 1849

Day Octopus, Blue Octopus, Cyane’s Octopus

Not Reef Tank Suitable

Not Suitable for Fish-Only Tank

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Africa to Hawaii south to Australia.

Size: 30 inches (75 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits coral reefs.

Aquarium Suitability: Not collected for the trade.

Taxonomy:

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Mollusca

    Class: Cephalopoda

    Order: Octopoda

    Family: Octopodidae

    Genus: Octopus

FYI: Not collected for the trade.

Octopus cyanea (Day Octopus, Blue Octopus, Cyane’s Octopus)
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