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Updated 8/14/2023

Class Cephalopoda

Squid, Octopus, and Cuttlefish 

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Octopus hawaiiensis 

HAWAIIAN or CRESCENT OCTOPUS

 

 Amphioctopus arenicola 

SHORT-ARM SAND OCTOPUS
Euprymna scolopes 

HAWAIIAN BOBTAIL SQUID

 

  

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Octopus cyanea

DAY OCTOPUS

 

Sepioteuthis lessoniana

BIGFIN SQUID

 
Callistoctopus luteus

STARRY NIGHT OCTOPUS

 

 Callistoctopus ornatus

ORNATE or NIGHT OCTOPUS

 
Octopus oliveri

ROCK OCTOPUS   He'e pali

 

 Octopus sp. 2

BLUE-OCELLUS OCTOPUS

Argonauta argo

 

PAPER NAUTILUS

 Ommastrephes bartramii

NEON or RED FLYING SQUID

 
Spirula spirula

 

SPIRULA

 

  

INDO-PACIFIC

Ascarosepion latimanus

BROADCLUB CUTTLEFISH

 

 Metasepia pfefferi

PFEFFER'S FLAMBOYANT CUTTLEFISH

 
Family Sepiidae

DWARF CUTTLEFISH

 

 Octopus wolfi

STAR-SUCKER PYGMY OCTOPUS
Hapalochlaena lunulata

GREATER BLUE-RINGED OCTOPUS

 

 

JAPAN

Sepia tokioensis

TOKYO CUTTLEFISH   Sujikoika

 

 

 

EASTERN PACIFIC

Octopus bimaculatus

VERRILL'S TWO-SPOT OCTOPUS

 

 Octopus rubescens

PACIFIC RED OCTOPUS

 
Octopus dofleini

GIANT PACIFIC OCTOPUS

 

TROPICAL WESTERN ATLANTIC

Octopus briareus

 

CARIBBEAN REEF OCTOPUS