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Hul’q’umi’num’ Name: sqi’mukw

Taxon Name: Enteroctopus dofleini

“Common” Name: giant Pacific octopus

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Ecological Community: Marine

Wikipedia summary:

The giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini), also known as the North Pacific giant octopus, is a large marine cephalopod belonging to the genus Enteroctopus and Enteroctopodidae family. Its spatial distribution encompasses much of the coastal North Pacific, from the Mexican state of Baja California, north along the United States’ West Coast (California, Oregon, Washington

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Observational Data:

   First reported: 1996-09-29
   Source: dataPaper
   Last reported: 1999-10-02
   Source: dataPaper
   Obervation count: 2