football octopus (Ocythoe tuberculata) Ocythoe tuberculata
Date 1896
Source I Cefalopodi viventi nel Golfo di Napoli (sistematica) : monografia
Author Comingio Merculiano in Jatta Giuseppe
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ocythoe_tuberculata.jpg
The tuberculate pelagic octopus or football octopus (Ocythoe tuberculata) is a pelagic octopus. It is the only known species in the family Ocythoidae. Ocythoe tuberculata is found in warm and temperate seas, especially in the Northern Hemisphere, such as the North Pacific Ocean off California.