''Scaeurgus'' is a
genus
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of
octopus
An octopus (: octopuses or octopodes) 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, cuttlefish, and nautiloids. Like oth ...
es in the
family
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Octopodidae. The species of this genus are characterized by inhabiting the upper bathyal benthic zone from temperate and tropical latitudes in all major oceans.
Species
* ''
Scaeurgus jumeau''
Norman, Hochberg & Boucher-Rodoni, 2005
* ''
Scaeurgus nesisi''
Norman, Hochberg & Boucher-Rodoni, 2005
* ''
Scaeurgus patagiatus''
Berry
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, 1913
* ''
Scaeurgus tuber''
Norman, Hochberg & Boucher-Rodoni, 2005
* ''
Scaeurgus unicirrhus''
(Delle Chiaje, 1839-41 ''in'' Férussac and D'Orbigny, 1834–1848) - Atlantic Warty Octopus or Unihorn Octopus
References
External links
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Octopodidae
Cephalopod genera
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