Scaeurgus

Scaeurgus is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae. The species of this genus are characterized by inhabiting the upper bathyal benthic zone from temperate and tropical latitudes in all major oceans.^[2]

Scaeurgus
Scaeurgus patagiatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Octopoda
Family:	Octopodidae
Genus:	Scaeurgus Troschel, 1857[1]
Type species
Octopus unicirrhus Delle Chiaje [in Férussac & d'Orbigny, 1841
Species
See text.

Species

• Scaeurgus jumeau Norman, Hochberg & Boucher-Rodoni, 2005^[3]
• Scaeurgus nesisi Norman, Hochberg & Boucher-Rodoni, 2005^[3]
• Scaeurgus patagiatus Berry, 1913
• Scaeurgus tuber Norman, Hochberg & Boucher-Rodoni, 2005^[3]
• Scaeurgus unicirrhus (Delle Chiaje, 1839-41 in Férussac and D'Orbigny, 1834–1848) - Atlantic Warty Octopus or Unihorn Octopus