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Day Octopus
Octopus cyanea
Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia ›Phylum: Mollusca ›Class: Cephalopoda ›Order: Octopoda ›Family: Octopodidae ›Genus: Octopus
About
Octopus cyanea, also known as the big blue octopus or day 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. O. cyanea grows to 16 cm in mantle length with arms to at least 80 cm. This octopus was described initially by the British zoologist John Edward Gray in 1849; the type specimen was collected off Australia and is at the Natural...
Frequently Asked Questions
- The scientific name of Day Octopus is Octopus cyanea.
- Day Octopus belongs to the kingdom Animalia.
- Day Octopus belongs to the phylum Mollusca.
- Day Octopus belongs to the class Cephalopoda.
- Day Octopus belongs to the order Octopoda.
- Day Octopus belongs to the family Octopodidae.
- Day Octopus belongs to the genus Octopus.