Scaeurgus | |
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Scaeurgus patagiatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Octopoda |
Family: | Octopodidae |
Genus: |
Scaeurgus Troschel, 1857 [1] |
Type species | |
Octopus unicirrhus | |
Species | |
See text. |
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]