''Octopus wolfi'', the star-sucker pygmy octopus, is the smallest known

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 ...

. It is found in fairly shallow waters in the western Pacific. It is characterised by a pattern of "papillate fringes" around the edge of the suckers near the arm tip. Its length is less than and it weighs less than . It is found in the western Pacific Ocean at depths between .

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Octopuses Molluscs described in 1913 {{octopus-stub