Ameloctopus
| Ameloctopus | |
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| A. litoralis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Octopodidae |
| Genus: | Ameloctopus Norman, 1992 |
| Species: | A. litoralis
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| Binomial name | |
| Ameloctopus litoralis Norman, 1992[2]
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Ameloctopus litoralis is the only species of octopus in monotypic genus Ameloctopus.[3] It is found in shallow waters in tropical Australia and lacks an ink sack. Ameloctopus litoralis lays large eggs compared to other octopuses.[4]
References
- ^ "Ameloctopus litoralis | IUCN RedList". iucnredlist.org.
- ^ itis.gov
- ^ itis.gov
- ^ Invertebrate Taxonomy 6(3) 567 - 582
- Norman, M. D. (1992). Ameloctopus litoralis gen. et sp. nov. (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae), a new shallow-water octopus from tropical Australian waters. Invertebrate Taxonomy, 6 . pp. 567–582.