octopidje: octopus. 
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Octopus unicirrhus Delle Chiaje , D' Orb. et Feruss . A/em. des 
Acet. 73. 
Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean, Indian Ocean, Red Sea. 
a. Yarmouth. Adult. In spirits. 
f f Body smooth , not bearded . 
2. Octopus JEgina. 
Body oblong, elongated, smooth, marbled, not bearded. Nape, 
eyes, and back of head smooth. Eyes very prominent. Arms 
rather elongate; proportionate length, 4, 3, 2, 1. Web short, 
rather wider below, smooth above. Cups rather large and 
rather far apart, equal ; the five or six lower ones far apart, and 
in a single series. 
Hob. — . 
a. — — ? In spirits — — — . 
3. Octopus aranea. 
Body oblong, short, smooth. Head short, narrow, very smooth ; ocu- 
lar beards one, posterior. Arms much elongated, smooth, slender 
very unequal; order of their length, 4, 3, 2, 1. Cups small, close, 
numerous; about 180 on the longest arms; the four nearest the 
mouth in a single line. Web short. — In spirit blackish, colouring 
dots very small. 
Octopus aranea D’OrA Poulpes , t. 5. 1825; If Orb. et Feruss. Mem. 
des Ceph. Acet. 57., Poulpes , t. 5. ; D Orb. Moll. Viv. et Fos . i. 
184. p. 23. 
Octopus filamentosus Blainv. Diet, des Sc. Nat. xliii. 188. 1826. 
Hab. Isle of France. 
Iff Back slightly granular. 
4. Octopus Geryonea. 
Body (in spirits) marbled, smooth. Head and base of the arms very 
minutely granular. Eyes with one fleshy tubercle, and one 
behind the eye ; upper eyelid rugose. Arms moderate, very 
thick at the base ; proportionate length, 3, 4, 2, 1. Web broad, 
upper surface finely granulated. Cups large, subequal ; the three 
or four lowest rather distant, and one-row ed. 
Hab. Coast of Brazils. 
a. Bahia. In spirits. 
