| Spongetip octopus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Eledonidae |
| Genus: | Eledone |
| Species: | E. palari
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| Binomial name | |
| Eledone palari Lu & Stranks, 1992[2]
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Eledone palari, commonly known as the spongetip octopus, is a species of benthic octopus from the coastal waters of the eastern Indian Ocean and the south-western Pacific. The species was formally described in 1992 and is the first species of the genus Eledone to be discovered which is not distributed in the Atlantic Ocean.
- ^ Allcock, L.; Taite, M.; Allen, G. (2018). "Eledone palari". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T162937A955266. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T162937A955266.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Eledone palari Lu and Stranks, 1992". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.