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Octopus kaurna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Octopoda
Family:	Octopodidae
Genus:	Octopus
Species:	O. kaurna
Binomial name
	Octopus kaurna; Stranks, 1990

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The Southern Sand Octopus, Octopus kaurna, is an octopus native to the waters around the Great Australian Bight and Tasmania.^[2] It has an arm span of up to 50 centimetres (20 in) with long, unusually thin tentacles joined at the base by webbing and studded with small suckers. Like most octopuses, the it can change shape and colour, and is often hard to spot as it spends day buried in the sand, preferring to venture out for food at night.

References

^ "Octopus kaurna". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
^ "Species Octopus kaurna Stranks, 1990". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Retrieved January 29, 2010.

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[1] "Octopus kaurna". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

[2] "Species Octopus kaurna Stranks, 1990". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Retrieved January 29, 2010.

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-The '''Southern Sand Octopus''', '''''Octopus kaurna''''', is an [[octopus]] native to the waters around the [[Great Australian Bight]] and [[Tasmania]]&nbsp;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/Octopus_kaurna |title=Species ''Octopus kaurna'' Stranks, 1990 |work=[[Australian Faunal Directory]] |publisher=[[Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts]] |accessdate=January 29, 2010}}</ref>. It has an arm span of up to {{convert|50|cm}} with long, unusually thin, [[tentacle]]s joined at the base by webbing and studded with small suckers. Like most octopuses, the it can change shape and colour, and is often hard to spot as it spends day buried in the sand, preferring to venture out for food at night.
+The '''Southern Sand Octopus''', '''''Octopus kaurna''''', is an [[octopus]] native to the waters around the [[Great Australian Bight]] and [[Tasmania]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/Octopus_kaurna |title=Species ''Octopus kaurna'' Stranks, 1990 |work=[[Australian Faunal Directory]] |publisher=[[Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts]] |accessdate=January 29, 2010}}</ref> It has an arm span of up to {{convert|50|cm}} with long, unusually thin [[tentacle]]s joined at the base by webbing and studded with small suckers. Like most octopuses, the it can change shape and colour, and is often hard to spot as it spends day buried in the sand, preferring to venture out for food at night.
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