Macrotritopus defilippi, commonly known as the Lilliput longarm octopus or the Atlantic longarm octopus, is a small species of octopus, a marine cephalopod mollusc of the order Octopoda.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Atlantic Longarm 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
- Octopus berrima
- Amphioctopus aegina
- Pinnoctopus aspilosomatis
- Amphioctopus burryi
- Octopus americanus
- Amphioctopus marginatus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Cephalopoda
- Order
- Octopoda
- Family
- Octopodidae
- Genus
- Macrotritopus
- Species
- Macrotritopus defilippi
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