''Abdopus'' is a
genus
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of
octopus
An octopus ( : octopuses or octopodes, see below for variants) is a soft-bodied, eight- limbed mollusc of the order Octopoda (, ). The order consists of some 300 species and is grouped within the class Cephalopoda with squids, cuttle ...
es in the
family
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Octopodidae
The Octopodidae comprise the family containing the majority of known octopus species.
Genera
The World Register of Marine Species lists these genera:
*'' Abdopus'' Norman & Finn, 2001
*'' Ameloctopus'' Norman, 1992
*'' Amphioctopus'' P. Fischer, ...
.
[Bouchet, P. (2014). Abdopus Norman & Finn, 2001. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=409947 on 2015-02-02]
Species
* ''
Abdopus abaculus
''Abdopus'' is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Abdopus Norman & Finn, 2001. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=409947 on 2015-02-02
Spec ...
''
(Norman & Sweeney, 1997) – mosaic octopus
* ''
Abdopus aculeatus
''Abdopus aculeatus'' is a small octopus species in the order Octopoda. ''A. aculeatus'' has the common name of algae octopus due to its typical resting camouflage, which resembles a gastropod shell overgrown with algae. It is small in size with ...
''
(d'Orbigny, 1834) – algae octopus
* ''
Abdopus capricornicus'' (
Norman & Finn, 2001)
* ''
Abdopus horridus''
(d'Orbigny, 1826) – Red Sea octopus
* ''
Abdopus tenebricus
''Abdopus'' is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Abdopus Norman & Finn, 2001. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=409947 on 2015-02-02
Spec ...
''
(Smith, 1884)
* ''
Abdopus tonganus''
(Hoyle, 1885)
* ''
Abdopus undulatus''
Huffard, 2007 [Huffard, C.L. 2007]
Four new species of shallow water pygmy octopus (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) from the Kingdom of Tonga
''Molluscan Research'' 27(3): 147–170.
;Taxon inquirendum:
* ''Abdopus guangdongensis''
(Dong, 1976)
References
* Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) ''The current state of Octopus taxonomy.'' Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin 66:127–154.
* Huffard, C.L., R.L. Caldwell & F. Boneka. 2008. Mating behavior of ''Abdopus aculeatus'' (d’Orbigny 1834) (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) in the wild. ''Marine Biology'' (published online first).
External links
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Octopodidae
Cephalopod genera