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Malacology5

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Octopodidae5

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1920s1950s

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Octopus

Octopus

BPBM 246222

1924
Palmyra Atoll

Octopus

Octopus

BPBM 246220

R.D. Frisbie, 1936
Cook Islands

Octopus

Octopus

BPBM 246221

1926
{Locality Unknown}

Octopus

Octopus

BPBM 246234

1935
Oʻahu

Octopus

Octopus

BPBM 246247

Limbaugh, 1958
Eastern Pacific Outliers

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