{{Short description|Species of octopus}} {{Speciesbox | image = Octopus-superciliosus-525841-large.jpg | status = DD | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn |author=Allcock, L. |author2=Headlam, J. |author3=Allen, G. |year=2018 |title=''Octopus superciliosus'' |volume=2018 |article-number=e.T163261A991146 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T163261A991146.en |access-date=12 September 2025}}</ref> | taxon = Octopus superciliosus | authority = Quoy and Gaimard, 1832 }}
'''''Octopus superciliosus''''' (commonly the '''frilled pygmy octopus''')<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Finn |first1=J. |last2=Norman |first2=M. |date=2014 |title=Octopus superciliosus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832, Frilled Pygmy Octopus |url=https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/species/8699 |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=Museums Victoria Collections}}</ref> is a species of octopus.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Species: Octopus superciliosus (Frilled Pygmy Octopus) |url=https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/3fbca576-4554-4e27-bced-bc23a580dffd |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=Atlas of Living Australia |language=en-AU}}</ref> It was first described in 1832 by Jean René Constant Quoy and Joseph Paul Gaimard<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Lu |first1=C. C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5e4aah3VXZQC&q=%22octopus+superciliosus%22 |title=Mollusca: Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda |last2=Scheltema |first2=A. M. |last3=Gowlett-Holmes |first3=K. |publisher=CSIRO Publishing |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-643-06707-3 |series=Zoological Catalogue of Australia |volume=17 |location=Collingwood, Victoria |page=164 |language=en}}</ref> based on a specimen found off Victoria during the 1826 to 1829 voyage of the ''Astrolabe''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Stranks |first=Timothy N. |url=https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/6317/SCtZ-0586_VolII-Lo_res.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=2 |title=Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods Volume II |publisher=Smithsonian Institution Press |year=1998 |editor-last=Voss |editor-first=Nancy A. |series=Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology |volume=586 |location=Washington, DC |pages=277–599 |language=en |chapter=The Systematic and Nomenclatural Status of the Octopodinae Described from Australia (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) |doi=10.5479/si.00810282.586.277 |editor-last2=Vecchione |editor-first2=Michael |editor-last3=Toll |editor-first3=Roland B. |editor-last4=Sweeney |editor-first4=Michael J. |issue=586}}</ref>
== Description == ''O. superciliosus'' is described as a pygmy species.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last1=Norman |first1=M. D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f_F5DwAAQBAJ |title=Cephalopods of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cephalopod Species Known to Date |last2=Finn |first2=J. K. |date=2016 |publisher=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |isbn=978-92-5-107989-8 |editor-last=Jereb |editor-first=Patrizia |series=FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes |volume=3: Octopods and Vampire Squids |location=Rome, Italy |language=en |chapter=Family Octopodidae |editor-last2=Roper |editor-first2=Clyde F. E. |editor-last3=Norman |editor-first3=Mark D. |editor-last4=Finn |editor-first4=Julian K.}}</ref> It is small, with a mantle length of up to 26 millimeters and a total length of up to 94 millimeters. It is white and cream to light brown, with an egg-shaped mantle and large eyes.<ref name=":0" />
== Distribution == ''O. superciliosus'' is found in southeastern Australia, ranging from the central Great Australian Bight to Twofold Bay in New South Wales.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Stranks |first=Timothy N. |date=1996 |title=Biogeography of Octopus species (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from southeastern Australia |url=https://ia902806.us.archive.org/21/items/biostor-143166/biostor-143166.pdf |journal=American Malacological Bulletin |volume=12 |issue=1/2 |pages=145–151}}</ref> It in an inshore species,<ref name=":0" /> with recorded depths from zero to 69 meters.<ref name=":1" /> ''O. superciliosus'' lives in sandy or mud bottoms, or among sponges or polyzoans.<ref name=":0" />
== Life cycle == Female ''O. superciliosus'' lay large eggs, around 8-11 millimeters in length.<ref name=":0" /> Clutch sizes are unknown, but estimated at 50 to 100 eggs. Hatchlings are benthic and 4 to 5 millimeters in length.<ref name=":2" />
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Category:Octopodidae Category:Cephalopods described in 1832
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