Big Blue Octopus

Taxobox
name = Big Blue Octopus

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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
ordo = Octopoda
familia = Octopodidae
genus = "Octopus"
subgenus = "Octopus"
species = "O. cyanea"
binomial = "Octopus cyanea"
binomial_authority = Gray, 1849
synonyms =
*"Octopus cyaneus"
Gray, 1849
*"Octopus marmoratus"
Hoyle, 1885
*"Octopus tonganus"
Hoyle, 1885
*"Octopus horsti"
Joubin, 1898
*"Polypus herdmani"
Hoyle, 1904
*"Callistoctopus magnocellatus"
Taki, 1964

The Big Blue Octopus ("Octopus cyanea"), also known as the Day Octopus and Cyane's Octopus, is an octopus in the family Octopodidae. It occurs in both the Pacific and Indian Oceans, from Hawaii to the eastern coast of Africa.Norman, M.D. 2000. "Cephalopods: A World Guide". ConchBooks.]

"O. cyanea" grows to 16 cm in mantle length with arms to at least 80 cm.

The type specimen was collected off Australia and is deposited at The Natural History Museum in London. [ [http://www.mnh.si.edu/cephs/newclass.pdf Current Classification of Recent Cephalopoda] ]

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