| Species name | Common name | Distribution | Max. Length (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Octopus alatus (Sasaki, 1920) |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Octopus alecto Berry, 1953 |
Snakearm octopus | Eastern Central Pacific | 6.5 |
| Octopus americanus Froriep, 1806 |
Western Atlantic | 79 | |
| Octopus araneoides (Taki, 1964) |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Octopus arborescens (Hoyle, 1904) |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Octopus areolatus De Haan, 1839 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Octopus australis Hoyle, 1885 |
Hammer octopus | Western Pacific | |
| Octopus balboai Voss, 1971 |
Eastern Central Pacific | 3.4 | |
| Octopus berenice Gray, 1849 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Octopus berrima Stranks & Norman, 1993 |
Southern keeled octopus | Southwest Pacific | |
| Octopus bimaculatus Verrill, 1883 |
California two-spot octopus | Eastern Central Pacific | 122 |
| Octopus bimaculoides Pickford & McConnaughey, 1949 |
Lesser twospotted octopus | Eastern Central Pacific | 12 |
| Octopus bocki Adam, 1941 |
Bock's pygmy octopus | Central Pacific | 2.5 |
| Octopus briareus Robson, 1929 |
Caribbean reef octopus | Western Atlantic | 100 |
| Octopus brocki Ortmann, 1888 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Octopus bulbus Norman, 2001 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Octopus burryi Voss, 1950 |
Brownstriped octopus | Atlantic Ocean | 7 |
| Octopus californicus (Berry, 1911) |
North Pacific bigeye octopus | Eastern Pacific | 14 |
| Octopus campbelli (Smith, 1902) |
Southwest Pacific | ||
| Octopus carolinensis Verrill, 1884 |
Carolinian octopus | Western Atlantic | 20 |
| Octopus chierchiae Jatta, 1889 |
Eastern Pacific | 2.5 | |
| Octopus conispadiceus (Sasaki, 1917) |
Chestnut octopus | Northwest Atlantic | 150 |
| Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849 |
Big blue octopus | Indo-Pacific | 22 |
| Octopus dierythraeus Norman, 1993 |
Red-spot octopus | Western Central Pacific | |
| Octopus diminutus Kaneko & Kubodera, 2008 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Octopus dollfusi Robson, 1928 |
Marbled octopus | Western Pacific | 9 |
| Octopus favonius Gray, 1849 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Octopus filamentosus Blainville, 1826 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Octopus fitchi Berry, 1953 |
Lilliput octopus | Eastern Pacific | 4.5 |
| Octopus fujitai (Sasaki, 1929) |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Octopus fusiformis Brock, 1887 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Octopus gardineri (Hoyle, 1905) |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Octopus gibbsi O'Shea, 1999 |
Southwest Pacific | ||
| Octopus globosus Appellöf, 1886 |
Globe octopus | Indo-West Pacific | 25 |
| Octopus gorgonus Huffard, 2007 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Octopus guangdongenis Dong, 1976 |
Western Pacific | ||
| Octopus harpedon Norman, 2001 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Octopus hattai (Sasaki, 1929) |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Octopus hawaiiensis Eydoux & Souleyet, 1852 |
Hawaiian octopus | Eastern Central Pacific | 3 |
| Octopus hongkongensis Hoyle, 1885 |
Northwest Pacific | 9 | |
| Octopus hubbsorum Berry, 1953 |
Hubb's octopus | Eastern Central Pacific | 22 |
| Octopus humilis Huffard, 2007 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Octopus hummelincki Adam, 1936 |
Bumblebee octopus | Western Atlantic and Caribbean Sea | 7.2 |
| Octopus huttoni Benham, 1943 |
Southwest Pacific | 5.7 | |
| Octopus hyadesi Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889 |
Western Atlantic | 2.7 | |
| Octopus incella Kaneko & Kubodera, 2007 |
Large-eared pika | Northwest Pacific | 3.1 |
| Octopus insularis Leite & Haimovici, 2008 |
Brazil reef octopus | Western Atlantic | 12 |
| Octopus joubini Robson, 1929 |
Atlantic pygmy octopus | Atlantic Ocean | 15 |
| Octopus kaharoa O'Shea, 1999 |
Southwest Pacific | ||
| Octopus kaurna Stranks, 1990 |
Southern sand octopus | Southwest Pacific | |
| Octopus laqueus Kaneko & Kubodera, 2005 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Octopus lobensis Castellanos & Menni, 1969 |
Lobed octopus | Southwest Atlantic | 10 |
| Octopus longispadiceus (Sasaki, 1917) |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Octopus mariles Huffard, 2007 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Octopus maya Voss & Solis Ramirez, 1966 |
Mexican four-eyed octopus | Western Central Atlantic | 12 |
| Octopus mercatoris Adam, 1937 |
Western Central Atlantic | 2 | |
| Octopus mernoo O'Shea, 1999 |
Southwest Pacific | ||
| Octopus microphthalmus Goodrich, 1896 |
Indo-West Pacific | ||
| Octopus micropyrsus Berry, 1953 |
California lilliput octopus | Eastern Central Pacific | |
| Octopus micros Norman, 2001 |
Western Central Pacific | 2.5 | |
| Octopus mimus Gould, 1852 |
Changos octopus | Southeast Pacific | 19 |
| Octopus minor (Sasaki, 1920) |
Long arm octopus | Northwest Pacific | 70 |
| Octopus mutilans Taki, 1942 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Octopus nanhaiensis Dong, 1976 |
Western Pacific | ||
| Octopus nanus Adam, 1973 |
Western Indian Ocean | ||
| Octopus niveus Lesson, 1830 |
Central Pacific | ||
| Octopus occidentalis Steenstrup, 1886 |
Southeast Atlantic | ||
| Octopus ochotensis (Sasaki, 1920) |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Octopus oculifer (Hoyle, 1904) |
Galapagos octopus | Southeast Pacific | 42 |
| Octopus oliveri (Berry, 1914) |
Western Pacific | 7 | |
| Octopus oshimai (Sasaki, 1929) |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Octopus pallidus Hoyle, 1885 |
Pale octopus | Southwest Pacific | 54 |
| Octopus parvus (Sasaki, 1917) |
Japanese pygmy octopus | Northwest Pacific | |
| Octopus penicillifer Berry, 1954 |
Eastern Central Pacific | 4 | |
| Octopus pentherinus Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889 |
Southwest Atlantic | 3.7 | |
| Octopus prashadi Adam, 1939 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Octopus pricei (Berry, 1913) |
Eastern Central Pacific | ||
| Octopus pumilus Norman & Sweeney, 1997 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Octopus pyrum Norman et al., 1997 |
Western Central Pacific | ||
| Octopus roosevelti Stuart, 1941 |
Eastern Central Pacific | ||
| Octopus rubescens Berry, 1953 |
East Pacific red octopus | Eastern Pacific | 45 |
| Octopus salutii Verany, 1839 |
Spider octopus | Mediterranean Sea and Northeast Atlantic | 16.5 |
| Octopus sanctaehelenae Robson, 1929 |
Southeast Atlantic | ||
| Octopus sasakii Taki, 1942 |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Octopus selene Voss, 1971 |
Moon octopus | Eastern Pacific | 6 |
| Octopus spinosus (Sasaki, 1920) |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Octopus striolatus Dong, 1976 |
Western Pacific | ||
| Octopus superciliosus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 |
Frilled pygmy octopus | Eastern Indian Ocean | |
| Octopus taprobanensis Robson, 1926 |
Eastern Indian Ocean | ||
| Octopus tehuelchus D'Orbigny, 1834 |
Tehuelche octopus | Southwest Atlantic | 30 |
| Octopus tenuipulvinus (Sasaki, 1920) |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Octopus tetricus Gould, 1852 |
Gloomy octopus | Indo-West Pacific | 80 |
| Octopus tsugarensis (Sasaki, 1920) |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Octopus validus (Sasaki, 1920) |
Northwest Pacific | ||
| Octopus variabilis (Sasaki, 1929) |
Whiparm octopus | Northwest Pacific | 70 |
| Octopus veligero Berry, 1953 |
Veiled octopus | Eastern Pacific | |
| Octopus verrucosus Hoyle, 1885 |
Southeast Atlantic | 8 | |
| Octopus vitiensis Hoyle, 1885 |
Bighead octopus | Western Central Pacific | |
| Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797 |
Common octopus | Circumglobal in temperate and tropical seas | 180 |
| Octopus warringa Stranks, 1990 |
Club pygmy octopus | Southwest Pacific | |
| Octopus wolfi (Wülker, 1913) |
Star-sucker pygmy octopus | Indo-Pacific | 4.5 |
| Octopus yendoi (Sasaki, 1920) |
Korea | ||
| Octopus zonatus Voss, 1968 |
Atlantic banded squid | Western Central Atlantic | 3 |