Common octopus  (Octopus vulgaris)

Facts

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Cephalopoda
Order Octopoda
Family Octopoda
Genus Octopus (1)
Size Length: up to 1 m (2)
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Status

Common and widespread (2).