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Octopus oculifer

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Octopus oculifer
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Octopodidae
Genus: Octopus
Species:
O. oculifer
Binomial name
Octopus oculifer
(Hoyle, 1904)

Octopus oculifer, also known as the Galápagos octopus, is a species of octopus endemic to the coast of the Galápagos, and has been identified in the Revillagigedos ecoregion, living between 0-50 m deep.[1][2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Palomares ML, Pauly D, eds. (2019). "Octopus oculifer" in SeaLifeBase. October 2019 version.
  2. ^ "Octopus oculifer". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  3. ^ Valdez-Cibrián, Alejandra; Díaz-Santana-Iturrios, Mariana; Landa-Jaime, Víctor; Michel-Morfín, Jesús Emilio (2020-11-05). "First detection of an ocellate octopus in the Revillagigedos ecoregion, a biodiversity hotspot located in the Tropical East Pacific Province". ZooKeys (986): 81–100. doi:10.3897/zookeys.986.53250. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 7661478. PMID 33223881.