Enteroctopus dofleini Enteroctopus juttingi Enteroctopus magnificus Enteroctopus megalocyathus Enteroctopus membranaceus Enteroctopus zealandicus Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anenomes) Placozoa (trichoplax) Subregnum Bilateria (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (parasitic to flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Classes Caudofoveata Aplacophora Polyplacophora - Chitons Monoplacophora Bivalvia - Bivalves Scaphopoda - Tusk shells Gastropoda - Snails and Slugs Cephalopoda - Squids, Octopuses, etc. ... Orders Sepiida Sepiolida Spirulida Teuthida Octopoda Vampyromorphida Nautilida The Cephalopods (head-foot) are the mollusk class Cephalopoda characterized by bilateral body symmetry, a prominent head, and a modification of the mollusk foot, a muscular hydrostat, into the form of arms or tentacles. ... Families 14 in two suborders, see text The octopus is a cephalopod of the order Octopoda that inhabits many diverse regions of the ocean, especially coral reefs. ... Genera Many, see text Species Genus Vulcanoctopus Deepsea Vent Octopus, Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis Subfamily Bathypolypodinae Genus Bathypolypus Bathypolypus arcticus Spoonarm Octopus, Bathypolypus arcticus arcticus Bathypolypus arcticus proschi Bathypolypus faeroensis Bathypolypus salebrosus Globose Octopus, Bathypolypus sponsalis Boxer Octopus, Bathypolypus valdiviae Genus Benthoctopus Benthoctopus abruptus Benthoctopus berryi Benthoctopus canthylus Benthoctopus clyderoperi Benthoctopus ergasticus... 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... In biology, a species is the basic unit of biodiversity. ...
Enteroctopus is a genus many of whose members are sometimes known as giant octopus. However, one member of this genus is extremely small in size. In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a grouping in the classification of living organisms having one or more related and morphologically similar species. ...
Genus Enteroctopus
North Pacific Giant Octopus, Enteroctopus dofleini
Enteroctopus juttingi *
Southern Giant Octopus, Enteroctopus magnificus
Enteroctopus megalocyathus
Enteroctopus membranaceus
Enteroctopus zealandicus
The species listed above with an asterisk (*) is questionable and needs further study to determine if it is a valid species or a synonym.
The species known as Octopus dofleini, the Giant Pacific Octopus, has recently be re-classified as Enteroctopus dofleini (Hochberg 1998).
Enteroctopus dofleini is the largest species of octopus in the world.
Enteroctopus dofleini occurs on the continental shelf of the north Pacific ocean, where its range extends from southern California, north along the coastline of the Pacific Northwestern Americas, across the Aleutians, and south to Japan.
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