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    • Day Octopus
  • Scientific names
    • Octopus cyanea
    • Octopus cyaneus

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Recent Observations

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Day Octopus Octopus cyanea

Observer

davidr

Date

Jan 22, 2012
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Day Octopus Octopus cyanea

Observer

davidr

Date

Dec 18, 2011
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Day Octopus Octopus cyanea

Observer

davidr

Date

Jan 29, 2010

Place

Maili, HI (Google, OSM)
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Description from Wikipedia

The Big Blue Octopus (Octopus cyanea), also known as the Day Octopus and Cyane's Octopus, is an octopus in the family Octopodidae. It occurs in both the Pacific and Indian Oceans, from Hawaii to the eastern coast of Africa.

No range data available.