day octopus (Octopus cyanea) Octopus cyanea
Date 1886
Source Report on the Cephalopoda collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 William Evans Hoyle, 1855-1926
Author A Pollock
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The big blue octopus or day octopus (Octopus cyanea) is an octopus in the family Octopodidae. Octopus cyanea is found on reefs and in shallow waters in the Indo-Pacific. Its range extends from the Red Sea, the East African coast, and Madagascar, to southeastern Asia, Oceania, and as far as Hawaii.
