Cephalopod Species

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Octopuses, Cuttlefish, Squids

There are more than 300 documented species, over 120 unique cuttlefish species and more than 300 species of squid in every ocean of the world, and in this identification guide we will cover a lot of them!

Octopuses

Blue-Ringed Octopus

Mototi Octopus

Wunderpus Photogenicus

Mimic Octopus

Giant Pacific Octopus

Caribbean Reef Octopus

Atlantic Pygmy Octopus

Smoothskin Octopus

East Pacific Red Octopus

Umbrella Octopus

Opisthoteuthis californiana

Opisthoteuthis depressa

Amphioctopus fangsiao

Typical octopuses

Argonaut

Argonauta argo

Eledone moschata

Cirrina

Stauroteuthis

Megaleledonidae

Proteroctopus

Cirroctopodidae

Octopus Wolfi

Atlantic White Spotted Octopus

Incirrata

Bimac Octopus

Cuttlefish

Common Cuttlefish

Pharoah Cuttlefish

Flamboyant Cuttlefish

Dwarf Cuttlefish

AUSTRALIAN GIANT CUTTLEFISH

BROADCLUB CUTTLEFISH

SOUTHERN CUTTLEFISH

REAPER CUTTLEFISH

Squid

Giant Squid

Glass Squid

Colossal Squid

Deepsea Squid

Humboldt Squid

Robust Clubhook Squid

Grimaldi Scaled Squid

Ruppell’s Octopus Squid

Dana Octopus Squid

Sharpear Enope Squid

Southern Pygmy Squid

Umbrella Squid

Wonderful Firefly Squid

Diamondback Squid

Banded Piglet Squid

Roundear Enope Squid

Jewel Enope Squid

European Squid

Argentine Shortfin Squid

Glassy Flying Squid

Long Armed Squid

Sandal-Eyed Squid

Ram Horn’s Squid

Tropical Bottletail Squid

North Pacific Bobtail Squid

Toothed-fin Squid

Eye-flash Squid

Firefly Squid

Bush-club Squid

Joubin’s Squid

Market Squid

Japanese Flying Squid

Heterololigo

Bigfin reef squid

Swordtip squid

European squid

Uroteuthis chinensis

Bobtail squid

Caribbean reef squid

Myopsina

Loligo

Loliginidae

Spirulida

Nautilus

Nautiluses

Allonautilus

Melibe leonina

Kin

Melibe leonina

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