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Eledone nigra

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Cephalopoda

Family
  
Octopodidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Order
  
Octopoda

Genus
  
Eledone

Similar
  
Enteroctopus zealandicus, Enteroctopus magnificus, Pteroctopus, Velodona togata, Scaeurgus

Eledone nigra is a little-known species of octopus described from one male and six females which were taken in Luderitz Bay, Namibia and has only been recorded subsequently in 1941. 1983 and 1991, all from Luderitz Bay.

References

Eledone nigra Wikipedia