Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Red-spotted Night Octopus being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Pinnoctopus aspilosomatis
- Pinnoctopus ornatus
- Pinnoctopus luteus
- Octopus americanus
- Macroctopus maorum
- Pinnoctopus macropus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Cephalopoda
- Order
- Octopoda
- Family
- Octopodidae
- Genus
- Pinnoctopus
- Species
- Pinnoctopus dierythraeus
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