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Callistoctopus

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Callistoctopus
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Callistoctopus is a genus of nocturnal, orange octopuses in the family Octopodidae.[1] They are readily identifiable by their reddish coloring, the white papillae that line their bodies, and their long arms. Though sympatric with diurnal Octopus species, they avoid competition by hunting at night. In acknowledgement of this preference, many species of Callistoctopus are referred to as night octopuses. Well-known species include C. macropus (Atlantic white-spotted octopus) and the type species C. ornatus (ornate octopus), both of which are harvested for human consumption as seafood.

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Species

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  • Callistoctopus bunurong (Stranks, 1990) – southern white-spot octopus[2]
  • Callistoctopus furvus (A. Gould, 1852)
  • Callistoctopus gracilis Y. Tang, X.-D. Zheng & C.-C. Lu, 2024
  • Callistoctopus lechenaultii (d'Orbigny, 1826)
  • Callistoctopus luteus (Sasaki, 1929) – starry night octopus [3]
  • Callistoctopus nocturnus (Norman & Sweeney, 1997)
  • Callistoctopus paucilamellus Y. Tang, X.-D. Zheng & C.-C. Lu, 2024
  • Callistoctopus rapanui (Voss, 1979)
  • Callistoctopus sparsus Y. Tang, X.-D. Zheng & C.-C. Lu, 2024
  • Callistoctopus tenuipes J.-H. Li, C-.X. Xu & X.-D. Zheng, 2022[4][5]
  • Callistoctopus xiaohongxu X.-D. Zheng, C.-X. Xu & J.-H. Li, 2022
Species brought into synonymy
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  • Callistoctopus alpheus (Norman, 1993) – Capricorn night octopus[7][2]: synonym of Pinnoctopus alpheus
  • Callistoctopus arakawai (Taki, 1964): synonym of Callistoctopus ornatus (Gould, 1852)
  • Callistoctopus aspilosomatis (Norman, 1993) – plainbody night octopus[2]: synonym of Pinnoctopus aspilosomatis
  • Callistoctopus dierythraeus (Norman, 1992) – red-spot night octopus[7]: synonym of Pinnoctopus dierythraeus
  • Callistoctopus graptus (Norman, 1993) – scribbled night octopus[2]: synonym of Pinnoctopus graptus
  • Callistoctopus macropus (Risso, 1826) – Atlantic white-spotted octopus: synonym of Pinnoctopus macropus[8]
  • Callistoctopus magnocellatus (Taki, 1964): synonym of Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849
  • Callistoctopus ornatus (Gould, 1852) – ornate octopus[9]: synonym of Pinnoctopus ornatus
Taxa inquirenda

Below is a maximum likelihood phylogeny of Callistoctopus based on mitochondrial COI genes:[5]

Vampyroteuthis infernalis

Callistoctopus luteus

Callistoctopus sp.1

Octopus minor

Callistoctopus xiaohongxu

Callistoctopus tenuipes

Callistoctopus aspilosomatis

Callistoctopus sp.4

Callistoctopus sp.3

Callistoctopus sp.2

Callistoctopus macropus

Callistoctopus furvus

Callistoctopus sp.5

Callistoctopus ornatus

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