Callistoctopus ornatus
| Callistoctopus ornatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Octopodidae |
| Genus: | Callistoctopus |
| Species: | C. ornatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Callistoctopus ornatus (Gould, 1852) | |
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Callistoctopus ornatus (ornate octopus) is a tropical species of octopus native to the Indo-Pacific region. Other common names include white-striped octopus and night octopus, in reference to its nocturnal habits. It was previously known as Polypus ornatus. C. ornatus is edible and was recorded in a Hawaiian market in 1914 by S. S. Berry.