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Pteroctopus

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Pteroctopus
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Pteroctopus is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae.

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Species

  • Pteroctopus eurycephala * (Taki, 1964)
  • Pteroctopus hoylei (Berry, 1909) – Pacific Fourhorn Octopus
  • Pteroctopus keralensis * (Oommen, 1966)
  • Pteroctopus schmidti (Joubin, 1933) – Dana Octopus
  • Pteroctopus tetracirrhus (Delle Chiaje, 1830 in 1823-1831) – Fourhorn Octopus or Atlantic Fourhorn Octopus
  • Pteroctopus witjazi * Akimushkin, 1963

The species listed above with an asterisk (*) are taxon inquirendum and need further study to determine if they are valid species or synonyms.

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