Day octopus

Weight

Not recorded

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

Not recorded

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Young per litter or clutch

Not recorded

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumMollusca
3. classCephalopoda
4. familyOctopodidae
5. genusOctopus
6. SpeciesOctopus cyanea J. E. Gray, 1849

Synonyms Callistoctopus magnocellatus, Octopus cyanea gracilis, Octopus cyanea var. gracilis, Octopus glaber, Octopus herdmani, Octopus horsti, Octopus marmoratus, Polypus herdmani, Sepia barffi

Catalogue of Life

LC, Least Concern

Common octopus

Octopus vulgaris

Octopodidae

N

Nakji

Octopus minor

OctopodidaeNo free photo yet

B

Briar octopus

Octopus briareus

OctopodidaeNo free photo yet

W

Wolf's pygmy octopus

Octopus wolfi

OctopodidaeNo free photo yet

B

Bimac

Octopus bimaculoides

OctopodidaeNo free photo yet

R

Red octopus

Octopus rubescens

OctopodidaeNo free photo yet

CompareDay octopus vs Common octopusDay octopus vs NakjiDay octopus vs Briar octopusDay octopus vs Wolf's pygmy octopus

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@misc{day_octopus_2026,
  title = {Day octopus (Octopus cyanea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/day-octopus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}