Order

Common name: Octopus

Scientific name: Octopoda

Octopoda is an order within the class Cephalopoda, known for the highly intelligent and behaviorally complex octopuses. Members of this order have eight arms, a soft body, and lack a shell. Octopuses are known for their ability to change color and texture, escape from enclosures, and use tools. In the aquarium, they require a species-specific setup with secure lids to prevent escape, and enrichment to stimulate their intelligence. They are generally not reef-safe as they may prey on small fish and invertebrates.

  1. Algae Octopus (Abdopus aculeatus) camouflages perfectly with its surrounding on coral reef
    Common name: Algae Octopus
    Scientific name: Abdopus aculeatus
  2. Coconut Octopus - Amphioctopus marginatus hunts at night. Sea life of Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia.
    Common name: Veined octopus
    Scientific name: Amphioctopus marginatus
  3. Starry Night Octopus - Callistoctopus luteus on the seabed. Underwater night life of Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia.
    Common name: Starry night octopus
    Scientific name: Callistoctopus luteus
  4. Atlantic white-spotted octopus - Callistoctopus macropus
    Common name: Whitespot octopus
    Scientific name: Callistoctopus macropus
  5. Greater blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) on a reeftop, Lembeh Strait, Indonesia
    Common name: Greater blue-ringed octopus
    Scientific name: Hapalochlaena lunulata
  6. A deadly but beautifuly striking Blue Ringed Octopus - Hapalochlaena maculosa - shows its true colours.... Taken in Lombok, Indonesia.
    Common name: Lesser blue-ringed octopus
    Scientific name: Hapalochlaena maculosa
  7. Octopus resting in crevice
    Common name: Two-spotted octopus
    Scientific name: Octopus bimaculatus
  8. Octopus cyanea displaying beautiful camouflage patterns
    Common name: Big blue octopus
    Scientific name: Octopus cyanea
  9. Octopus swimming in the ocean. Generative AI.
    Common name: common octopus
    Scientific name: Octopus vulgaris
  10. Mimic Octopus - Thaumoctopus mimicus
    Common name: Mimic Octopus
    Scientific name: Thaumoctopus mimicus
  11. Wunderpus Octopus - Wunderpus photogenicus swims in the open sea. Underwater world of Bali, Indonesia.
    Common name: Wonderpus octopus
    Scientific name: Wunderpus photogenicus