Scaeurgus
Genus of molluscs
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Scaeurgus is a genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae. The species of this genus are characterized by inhabiting the upper bathyal benthic zone from temperate and tropical latitudes in all major oceans.[2]
| Scaeurgus | |
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| Scaeurgus patagiatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Octopodidae |
| Genus: | Scaeurgus Troschel, 1857[1] |
| Type species | |
| Octopus unicirrhus | |
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Species
- Scaeurgus jumeau Norman, Hochberg & Boucher-Rodoni, 2005[3]
- Scaeurgus nesisi Norman, Hochberg & Boucher-Rodoni, 2005[3]
- Scaeurgus patagiatus Berry, 1913
- Scaeurgus tuber Norman, Hochberg & Boucher-Rodoni, 2005[3]
- Scaeurgus unicirrhus (Delle Chiaje, 1839-41 in Férussac and D'Orbigny, 1834–1848) - Atlantic Warty Octopus or Unihorn Octopus
