Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Starry Night Octopus
Callistoctopus luteus
Starry Night Octopus
Category: Octopuses
Scientific Name: Callistoctopus luteus
Size: Up to 2.5 ft. (80 cm)  
Depth: 10-200 ft. (3-60 m)
Distribution: Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Taiwan
Mollusca (Phylum)
└Cephalopoda (Class)
 └Octopodiformes (Superorder)
  └Octopoda (Order)
   └Octopodidae (Family)
    └Callistoctopus (Genus)
     └C. luteus (Species)

Cephalopods
Octopuses

Starry Night Octopus

Greater Blue-Ringed Octopus

Blue-Ringed Octopus

Atlantic Longarm Octopus

Caribbean Reef Octopus

Day Octopus

Octopus sp. 1

Common Octopus

Atlantic White-Spotted Octopus

Mimic Octopus

Wunderpus Octopus

Mosaic Octopus

White-V Octopus

Coconut Octopus

Poison Ocellate Octopus



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