Abdopus is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae.

Species

• Abdopus abaculus (Norman & Sweeney, 1997) – mosaic octopus

• Abdopus aculeatus (d'Orbigny, 1834) – algae octopus

• Abdopus capricornicus (Norman & Finn, 2001)

• Abdopus horridus (d'Orbigny, 1826) – Red Sea octopus

• Abdopus tenebricus (Smith, 1884)

• Abdopus tonganus (Hoyle, 1885)

• Abdopus undulatus (Huffard, 2007)

• Taxon inquirendum:

• Abdopus guangdongensis (Dong, 1976)

References

• Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin 66:127–154.

• Huffard, C.L., R.L. Caldwell & F. Boneka. 2008. Mating behavior of Abdopus aculeatus (d’Orbigny 1834) (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) in the wild. Marine Biology (published online first).

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