Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Atlantic Longarm Octopus
Macrotritopus defilippi
Atlantic Longarm Octopus
Also known as: Lilliput Longarm Octopus
Category: Octopuses
Scientific Name: Macrotritopus defilippi
Size: Up to 14 in. (36 cm)  
Depth: 4-600 ft. (1-180 m)
Distribution: Bahamas, Caribbean, Florida
Mollusca (Phylum)
└Cephalopoda (Class)
 └Octopodiformes (Superorder)
  └Octopoda (Order)
   └Octopodidae (Family)
    └Macrotritopus (Genus)

Cephalopods
Octopuses

Atlantic Longarm Octopus

Caribbean Reef Octopus

Common Octopus

Atlantic White-Spotted Octopus



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