| Giant octopus | |
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| E. dofleini showing longitudinal folds and paddle-like papillae diagnostic for the genus. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Enteroctopodidae |
| Genus: | Enteroctopus Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889 |
| Type species | |
| Octopus megalocyathus Gould, 1852
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Enteroctopus is an octopus genus whose members are sometimes known as giant octopuses.