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Octopuses, squid & cuttlefish: where they live

Maps and quick facts for 46 octopuses, squid & cuttlefish (giant squid, colossal squid, giant Pacific octopus, Humboldt squid, vampire squid). Each animal page shows a representative wild record and the countries where open-licence GBIF records place it. Show octopuses, squid & cuttlefish on the world map

Giant squidGiant squidArchiteuthis duxLeast concernColossal squidColossal squidMesonychoteuthis hamiltoniLeast concernGiant Pacific octopusGiant Pacific octopusEnteroctopus dofleiniLeast concernHumboldt squidHumboldt squidDosidicus gigasData deficientVampire squidVampire squidVampyroteuthis infernalisCommon octopusCommon octopusOctopus vulgarisLeast concernOctopus wolfiOctopus wolfiOctopus wolfiLeast concernMimic octopusMimic octopusThaumoctopus mimicusLeast concernChambered nautilusChambered nautilusNautilus pompiliusGreater blue-ringed octopusGreater blue-ringed octopusHapalochlaena lunulataLeast concernCommon cuttlefishCommon cuttlefishSepia officinalisLeast concernFirefly squidFirefly squidWatasenia scintillansLeast concernOpisthoteuthis californianaOpisthoteuthis californianaOpisthoteuthis californianaData deficientGiant cuttlefishGiant cuttlefishSepia apamaNear threatenedSepiella inermisSepiella inermisSepiella inermisData deficientBigfin reef squidBigfin reef squidSepioteuthis lessonianaData deficientCaribbean reef squidCaribbean reef squidSepioteuthis sepioideaLeast concernOctopus cyaneaOctopus cyaneaOctopus cyaneaLeast concernSouthern blue-ringed octopusSouthern blue-ringed octopusHapalochlaena maculosaLeast concernAmphioctopus fangsiaoAmphioctopus fangsiaoAmphioctopus fangsiaoLeast concernAmphioctopus marginatusAmphioctopus marginatusAmphioctopus marginatusLeast concernTaningia danaeTaningia danaeTaningia danaeLeast concernJapanese flying squidJapanese flying squidTodarodes pacificusLeast concernArgonauta argoArgonauta argoArgonauta argoLeast concern

All 46 octopuses, squid & cuttlefish

Octopodidae 16

Loliginidae 4

Nautilidae 4

Ommastrephidae 4

Sepiolidae 4

Sepiidae 3

Argonautidae 2

Architeuthidae 1

Cranchiidae 1

Enoploteuthidae 1

Octopoteuthidae 1

Onychoteuthidae 1

Opisthoteuthidae 1

Sepiadariidae 1

Stauroteuthidae 1

Vampyroteuthidae 1