Octopus of New Zealand

Click on the main body colour of the octopus you are trying to identify then go to that page for further information. This is for the first two listed as they cause the most confusion.

• All 4
• Colour
• Cream 1
• Dark Brick Red 1
• Dark Brown 1
• Grey Dorsal Surfaces 1
• Light to Dark Purple-Gray 1
• Mottled Orange 1
• Orange Arm Faces 1
• Orange Brown 1

• Taxonomy
• « Back To Typical Octopuses Family Octopodidae
  • Genus Macroctopus