octopim:: octopus. 
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2, 3, 4, 1, or 3, 2, 4, 1. Cups very large, the first three in one 
line. Web rather wide, granulated above, extending up the 
outer side of the arms, especially of the second and third pairs. 
— Violet brown, beneath white. 
Octopus tuberculatus Blainville , Diet, des Sc. Nat . 1826, p. 6. t. 1. f. 
3. ; Faun. Franc. Moll. 8. t. 1. f. 3. ; D' Orbigny et Ferussac, Mon. 
des C&ph. Acet. 38., Poulpes , t. 21. 23. p. 38.; D' Orbigny, Moll . 
des Antilles , 15. n. 2., Moll. Viv. et Fos. i. 170. t. 1. 
Octopus ruber Rafinesque , Precis des D&couv. Somiol. 28. n. 70.? 
Hab. Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean. 
a. Pacific Ocean. In spirits. — — — - ? 
21. Octopus poeyzenia. 
Body oblong, rounded, short. Head, back of the dorsal arms, and 
back of body granular, and with a few scattered warts or short 
beards. Arms slender, outer edge of ventral arms smooth ; 
comparative length, 4, 3, 2, 1. Web short, rather wider below. 
Cups large, subequal. 
Hab . Australian seas. 
a. Port Essington. In spirits. Presented by the Earl of 
Derby. 
22. Octopus membranaceus. 
Body obtuse, granular, provided with a lateral membrane. Head 
large ; ocular beards three, elongate, granular above and below. 
Arms short, unequal, quadrangular ; order of their length, 2, 
3, 4, 1. Cups large. Web short, granular. — When alive, white, 
with a black eyed spot between the bases of the second and 
third pairs of arms. 
Octopus membranaceus Quoy Gaim. Zool. de Voy. de VAst . ii. 
89. t. 6. f. 5. ; D' Orbigny et Ferussac , Mon. des Ceph. Acet. 43. 
Poulpes , t. 10. 28. ; D' Orbigny, Moll Viv. et Fos. i. 181. n. 19. 
Hab. New Guinea. 
2 § Cups of the dorsal Pair of Arms larger than the rest. 
23. Octopus Cuvieri. 
Body oblong, enlarged below, warty above, and with a medial 
posterior beard ; aperture of moderate size. Ocular beards indis- 
tinct. Arms very long, slender, unequal ; order of length, 1, 2, 
3, 4 ; first and third much longest. Web broad. Cups elevated, 
some on the two upper pair of arms larger. 
