Ocythoe
| Tuberculate pelagic octopus | |
|---|---|
| Specimen preserved in formaldehyde | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Ocythoidae Gray, 1849 |
| Genus: | Ocythoe Rafinesque, 1814 |
| Species: | O. tuberculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Ocythoe tuberculata Rafinesque, 1814 | |
| Synonyms | |
Ocythoe tuberculata, also known as the tuberculate pelagic octopus or football octopus, is a pelagic octopus. It is the only known species in the family Ocythoidae.
Ocythoe tuberculata is found in warm and temperate seas, especially in the Northern Hemisphere, such as the North Pacific Ocean off California.