Octopus kermadecensis

Octopus kermadecensis is a species of octopus in the genus Octopus. It is endemic to the Kermadec Islands. It was first described as Poypus kermadecnsis in 1914 from a female specimen, no male specimen was collected and described until 2011.^[2]

Octopus kermadecensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Octopoda
Family:	Octopodidae
Genus:	Octopus
Species:	O. kermadecensis
Binomial name
Octopus kermadecensis (Berry, 1914)[1]
Synonyms[1]
Callistoctopus kermadecensis (Berry, 1914) Pinnoctopus kermadecensis (Berry, 1914) Polypus kermadecensis Berry, 1914