Yellow octopus | |
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Enteroctopus zealandicus. Photo by Darren Stevens, NIWA | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Octopoda |
Family: | Enteroctopodidae |
Genus: | Enteroctopus |
Species: | E. zealandicus
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Binomial name | |
Enteroctopus zealandicus (Benham, 1944)
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Range of Enteroctopus zealandicus | |
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Enteroctopus zealandicus, the yellow octopus, is a large octopus of the genus Enteroctopus. It is endemic to the waters surrounding New Zealand.