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Brown-striped Octopus
Julien Renoult, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Squid & octopus

Brown-striped Octopus

Amphioctopus burryi (G.L.Voss, 1950)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishBrown-striped Octopus
DutchBruingestreepte octopus
SpanishPulpo granuloso
Chinese芒刺两鳍蛸
Scientific nameAmphioctopus burryi (G.L.Voss, 1950)

About this species

Amphioctopus burryi, commonly known as the brown-striped octopus or the Caribbean arm-stripe octopus, is a species of octopus belonging to the genus Amphioctopus. Amphioctopus burryi is native to the tropical Atlantic Ocean and was first described in 1950. Amphioctopus burryi grows to 25 cm (9.8 in) in length, with the mantle reaching 7 cm (2.8 in) long. A. burryi is a reddish-brown to orange colour, and may have a purple-brown stripe across some of its arms.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassCephalopoda
OrderOctopoda
FamilyOctopodidae
GenusAmphioctopus

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