octopidjs: octopus. 
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33. Octopus granosus. 
Body small, globular, rather transverse, finely granulated above 
and below. Arms eight times as long as the body ; proportion- 
ate length, 4, 3, 2, 1. Web slight. 
Octopus granosus Blainv . Diet, des Sc. Nat. xliii. 186. ; Faune 
Frangaise , Moll. 7. t. 1, 2. ; D' Orbigny et Ferussac , Mon. des 
Ceph. Acet. 63. ; D' Orbigny , Moll. Viv . et Fos. i. 176. n. 9. 
Hah. Mediterranean, Sicily. Blainville. 
34. Octopus pilosus. 
Body round, grey, ashy-brown, provided above with reddish hairs 
disposed in bundles. Arms very short, thick. Cups large. 
Eyes very large and very prominent. 
Octopus pilosus Bisso , Hist. Nat. del Fur. Merid. iv. 4. n. 5. 1826; 
Blainville , Faun. Franq. Moll. 7. n. 3. ; D' Orbigny et Ferussac , 
Mon. des Ceph. Acet. 67. ; D' Orbigny, Moll . Viv. et Fos. i. 177. 
n. 10. 
Hab. Mediterranean, Nice. — Risso. 
A very doubtful species. D' Orb. 
35. Octopus erayedus. 
Arms equal, six times as long as the body, without any cups at the 
end. 
Octopus frayedus Rafinesque , Precis de Decouv. Somiol. 1814; 
Blainville , Diet, des Sc. Nat. 1826, p. 189. ; D' Orbigny et Fe- 
russac , Mon. des Ceph. Acet. p. 71.; D' Orbigny, Moll. Viv. et 
Fos. i. 177. n. 11. 
Hab. Mediterranean. Rafinesque. 
36. Octopus didynamus. 
Arms unequal, the upper pair longest, nearly five times as long 
as the body. 
Octopus didynamus Rafinesque, Precis de Decouv. Somiol. ; Blain- 
ville, Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xliii. 1 90. ; Z>’ Orbigny et Ferussac, 
Mon. des Ceph. Acet. 71. ; D' Orbigny, Moll . Viv. et Fos. i. 177. 
n. 12. 
Hab. Mediterranean. Rafinesque. 
37. Octopus tetradynamus. 
Arms unequal, alternately longest, about five times as long as the 
body. — Grey. 
