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Robsonella
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Robsonella

Robsonella is a small genus of octopuses in the family Octopodidae. It contains two described species. Robsonella octopuses can be found on the central-south coast of Chile. If an octopus’ first lateral tooth in the radula is crescent shaped; this allows you to identify it as a Robsonella Fontaniana.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Fontaine's Octopus

speciesRobsonella fontaniana

Club Pygmy Octopus

speciesRobsonella huttoni

Mernoo Octopus

speciesRobsonella mernoo

Campbell's Octopus

speciesRobsonella campbelli

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 523719.