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172 octopus species are accepted answers for “Name a species of octopus”. Octopus jollyorum is the rarest species of octopus in this ranking, with 28 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary). Sasakiopus salebrosus is the second-rarest with 48 monthly Wikipedia views, 1.71× the figure for Octopus jollyorum. Giant Pacific octopus is the most common species of octopus in this ranking, with 228,769 monthly Wikipedia views, 8,170× the figure for the rarest. Combined monthly Wikipedia views across the 172 answers: 801,542. Octopus jollyorum is under 0.1% of that total. 34 answers are Epic or Legendary: Octopus jollyorum (Legendary), Sasakiopus salebrosus (Legendary), Velodona togata (Legendary), and 31 more.
Quick answer Most common
Giant Pacific octopus
Common
228,769 monthly Wikipedia views
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Rarity 0.000
Monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10).
Ranked answers 172 answers to “Name a species of octopus”, rarest first. A rarity of 1 is the rarest answer in this
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Rank Answer Tier Rarity Monthly Wikipedia views 1 Octopus jollyorum on Wikipedia Legendary 1.000 28 2 Sasakiopus salebrosus on Wikipedia Legendary 0.994 48 3 Velodona togata on Wikipedia Legendary 0.988 54 4 Graneledone challengeri on Wikipedia Legendary 0.982 74 5 Euaxoctopus pillsburyae on Wikipedia Legendary 0.977 123 6 Macroctopus maorum on Wikipedia Legendary 0.971 192 7 Thaumeledone gunteri on Wikipedia Legendary 0.965 195 8 Pinnoctopus rapanui on Wikipedia Legendary 0.959 203 9 Eledone nigra on Wikipedia Legendary 0.953 210 10 Argonauta pacifica on Wikipedia Legendary 0.947 233 11 Pinnoctopus bunurong on Wikipedia Legendary 0.942 235 12 Graneledone yamana on Wikipedia Legendary 0.936 245 13 Amphioctopus siamensis on Wikipedia Epic 0.930 256 14 Eledone gaucha on Wikipedia Epic 0.924 258 15 Eledone palari on Wikipedia Epic 0.918 262 16 Opisthoteuthis hardyi on Wikipedia Epic 0.909 281 17 Pinnoctopus kermadecensis on Wikipedia Epic 0.909 281 18 Eledone microsicya on Wikipedia Epic 0.901 287 19 Eledone caparti on Wikipedia Epic 0.895 292 20 Argonauta cornuta on Wikipedia Epic 0.889 315 21 Octopus variabilis on Wikipedia Epic 0.883 320 22 Euaxoctopus panamensis on Wikipedia Epic 0.877 324 23 Eledone massyae on Wikipedia Epic 0.868 326 24 Opisthoteuthis kerberos on Wikipedia Epic 0.868 326 25 Teretoctopus indicus on Wikipedia Epic 0.860 328 26 Insigniteuthis obscura on Wikipedia Epic 0.854 338 27 Abdopus undulatus on Wikipedia Epic 0.848 349 28 Opisthoteuthis dongshaensis on Wikipedia Epic 0.842 352 29 Amphioctopus exannulatus on Wikipedia Epic 0.836 353 30 Bathypolypus rubrostictus on Wikipedia Epic 0.830 382 31 Amphioctopus kagoshimensis on Wikipedia Epic 0.825 383 32 Opisthoteuthis robsoni on Wikipedia Epic 0.819 386 33 Luteuthis shuishi on Wikipedia Epic 0.813 398 34 Opisthoteuthis philipii on Wikipedia Epic 0.807 401 35 Eledone schultzei on Wikipedia Rare 0.798 402 36 Opisthoteuthis pluto on Wikipedia Rare 0.798 402 37 Opisthoteuthis japonica on Wikipedia Rare 0.789 408 38 Abdopus tonganus on Wikipedia Rare 0.781 423 39 Microeledone mangoldi on Wikipedia Rare 0.781 423 40 Opisthoteuthis massyae on Wikipedia Rare 0.772 436 41 Bolitaena pygmaea on Wikipedia Rare 0.766 443 42 Vitreledonella alberti on Wikipedia Rare 0.760 460 43 Graneledone taniwha on Wikipedia Rare 0.754 462 44 Stauroteuthis kengrahami on Wikipedia Rare 0.749 466 45 Octopus sasakii on Wikipedia Rare 0.743 476 46 Robsonella huttoni on Wikipedia Rare 0.737 478 47 Luteuthis dentatus on Wikipedia Rare 0.731 484 48 Abdopus capricornicus on Wikipedia Rare 0.725 498 49 Octopus laqueus on Wikipedia Rare 0.716 500 50 Pinnoctopus luteus on Wikipedia Rare 0.716 500 51 Muusoctopus bizikovi on Wikipedia Rare 0.708 506 52 Octopus superciliosus on Wikipedia Rare 0.702 508 53 Amphioctopus neglectus on Wikipedia Rare 0.696 512 54 Opisthoteuthis persephone on Wikipedia Rare 0.690 515 55 Scaeurgus unicirrhus on Wikipedia Rare 0.684 525 56 Amphioctopus rex on Wikipedia Rare 0.678 526 57 Opisthoteuthis borealis on Wikipedia Rare 0.673 535 58 Opisthoteuthis grimaldii on Wikipedia Rare 0.667 538 59 Octopus oliveri on Wikipedia Rare 0.658 543 60 Octopus vitiensis on Wikipedia Rare 0.658 543 61 Cirroctopus mawsoni on Wikipedia Rare 0.649 549 62 Bathypurpurata on Wikipedia Rare 0.643 552 63 Adelieledone polymorpha on Wikipedia Rare 0.637 555 64 Opisthoteuthis mero on Wikipedia Rare 0.632 561 65 Amphioctopus burryi on Wikipedia Rare 0.626 569 66 Turquet's octopus on Wikipedia Rare 0.620 586 67 Cirroctopus glacialis on Wikipedia Rare 0.614 601 68 Bathypolypus valdiviae on Wikipedia Rare 0.608 632 69 Bathypolypus sponsalis on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.596 634 70 Cirroctopus antarctica on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.596 634 71 Opisthoteuthis medusoides on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.596 634 72 Opisthoteuthis extensa on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.585 698 73 Octopus tehuelchus on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.579 700 74 Pinnoctopus ornatus on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.573 720 75 Cirroctopus hochbergi on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.567 736 76 Abdopus horridus on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.561 739 77 Argonauta bottgeri on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.553 760 78 Grimpoteuthis tuftsi on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.553 760 79 Graneledone verrucosa on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.544 774 80 Grimpoteuthis plena on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.538 788 81 Octopus oculifer on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.532 793 82 Cirroteuthis kirrilyae on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.526 803 83 Opisthoteuthis bruuni on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.520 804 84 Abdopus abaculus on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.515 818 85 Grimpoteuthis meangensis on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.509 834 86 Grimpoteuthis pacifica on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.503 875 87 Grimpoteuthis innominata on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.497 881 88 Opisthoteuthis calypso on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.491 885 89 Octopus mercatoris on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.485 903 90 Muusoctopus levis on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.480 905 91 Grimpoteuthis wuelkeri on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.474 906 92 Octopus hubbsorum on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.468 936 93 Octopus conispadiceus on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.462 939 94 Octopus pallidus on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.456 967 95 Stauroteuthis gilchristi on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.450 969 96 Ocythoe tuberculata on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.444 977 97 Octopus hawaiiensis on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.439 1,050 98 Argonauta nouryi on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.433 1,073 99 Octopus californicus on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.427 1,092 100 Octopus salutii on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.421 1,108 101 Opisthoteuthis albatrossi on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.415 1,114 102 Grimpoteuthis greeni on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.409 1,119 103 Octopus bocki on Wikipedia Uncommon 0.404 1,126 104 Grimpoteuthis challengeri on Wikipedia Familiar 0.398 1,196 105 Grimpoteuthis feitiana on Wikipedia Familiar 0.392 1,238 106 Patagonian red octopus on Wikipedia Familiar 0.386 1,260 107 Opisthoteuthis carnarvonensis on Wikipedia Familiar 0.380 1,291 108 Octopus kaurna on Wikipedia Familiar 0.374 1,293 109 Grimpoteuthis megaptera on Wikipedia Familiar 0.368 1,353 110 Grimpoteuthis boylei on Wikipedia Familiar 0.363 1,375 111 Opisthoteuthis agassizii on Wikipedia Familiar 0.357 1,384 112 Octopus insularis on Wikipedia Familiar 0.351 1,388 113 Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis on Wikipedia Familiar 0.345 1,394 114 Octopus mimus on Wikipedia Familiar 0.339 1,402 115 Pinnoctopus cordiformis on Wikipedia Familiar 0.333 1,405 116 Argonauta nodosa on Wikipedia Familiar 0.327 1,419 117 Octopus australis on Wikipedia Familiar 0.322 1,427 118 Amphioctopus mototi on Wikipedia Familiar 0.316 1,457 119 Japetella diaphana on Wikipedia Familiar 0.310 1,502 120 Grimpoteuthis umbellata on Wikipedia Familiar 0.304 1,528 121 Macrotritopus defilippi on Wikipedia Familiar 0.298 1,541 122 Grimpoteuthis imperator on Wikipedia Familiar 0.292 1,558 123 Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium on Wikipedia Familiar 0.287 1,574 124 Tremoctopus gelatus on Wikipedia Familiar 0.281 1,603 125 Amphioctopus aegina on Wikipedia Familiar 0.275 1,607 126 Octopus djinda on Wikipedia Familiar 0.269 1,631 127 Grimpoteuthis angularis on Wikipedia Familiar 0.263 1,883 128 Pinnoctopus macropus on Wikipedia Familiar 0.257 1,932 129 Enteroctopus magnificus on Wikipedia Familiar 0.251 1,988 130 Grimpoteuthis discoveryi on Wikipedia Familiar 0.246 2,084 131 Grimpoteuthis bathynectes on Wikipedia Familiar 0.240 2,126 132 Octopus chierchiae on Wikipedia Familiar 0.234 2,156 133 Octopus maya on Wikipedia Familiar 0.228 2,300 134 Enteroctopus zealandicus on Wikipedia Familiar 0.222 2,345 135 Grimpoteuthis abyssicola on Wikipedia Familiar 0.216 2,395 136 Opisthoteuthis chathamensis on Wikipedia Familiar 0.211 2,429 137 Inopinoteuthis magna on Wikipedia Familiar 0.205 2,440 138 Octopus bimaculatus on Wikipedia Common 0.199 2,808 139 Cirroteuthis muelleri on Wikipedia Common 0.193 2,942 140 Bathypolypus arcticus on Wikipedia Common 0.187 3,260 141 Telescope octopus on Wikipedia Common 0.181 3,491 142 Cirrothauma murrayi on Wikipedia Common 0.175 3,854 143 Octopus sinensis on Wikipedia Common 0.170 4,065 144 Eledone moschata on Wikipedia Common 0.161 4,231 145 Exsuperoteuthis depressa on Wikipedia Common 0.161 4,231 146 Curled octopus on Wikipedia Common 0.152 4,463 147 Microeledone galapagensis on Wikipedia Common 0.146 4,566 148 Atlantic pygmy octopus on Wikipedia Common 0.140 5,865 149 Argonauta hians on Wikipedia Common 0.135 6,403 150 Abdopus aculeatus on Wikipedia Common 0.129 6,499 151 Common blanket octopus on Wikipedia Common 0.123 6,841 152 Octopus minor on Wikipedia Common 0.117 7,169 153 Caribbean reef octopus on Wikipedia Common 0.111 7,316 154 Stauroteuthis syrtensis on Wikipedia Common 0.105 8,530 155 Glass octopus on Wikipedia Common 0.099 8,815 156 Blue-lined octopus on Wikipedia Common 0.094 10,455 157 Octopus wolfi on Wikipedia Common 0.088 10,502 158 Octopus tetricus on Wikipedia Common 0.082 10,907 159 East Pacific red octopus on Wikipedia Common 0.076 11,511 160 Graneledone boreopacifica on Wikipedia Common 0.070 12,165 161 Octopus cyanea on Wikipedia Common 0.064 12,818 162 California two-spot octopus on Wikipedia Common 0.058 13,120 163 Argonauta argo on Wikipedia Common 0.053 13,411 164 Amphioctopus marginatus on Wikipedia Common 0.047 15,409 165 Amphioctopus fangsiao on Wikipedia Common 0.041 16,231 166 Southern blue-ringed octopus on Wikipedia Common 0.035 17,827 167 Opisthoteuthis californiana on Wikipedia Common 0.029 24,034 168 Greater blue-ringed octopus on Wikipedia Common 0.023 34,611 169 Seven-arm octopus on Wikipedia Common 0.018 38,176 170 Mimic octopus on Wikipedia Common 0.012 55,185 171 Common octopus on Wikipedia Common 0.006 67,549 172 Giant Pacific octopus on Wikipedia Common 0.000 228,769
FAQ What is the rarest species of octopus? Octopus jollyorum is the rarest species of octopus in this ranking, with 28 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary).
How many species of octopus are there? There are 172 species of octopus in this ranking, from Octopus jollyorum (rarest) to Giant Pacific octopus (most common).
What is the most common species of octopus? Giant Pacific octopus is the most common species of octopus in this ranking, with 228,769 monthly Wikipedia views (Common).
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Sources Recorded source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10). The answer list is compiled from Wikidata (CC0), and the view counts are monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Rarity is the percentile of the popularity figure inside this prompt: 1 is the rarest and 0 is the most common. Linked names open the English Wikipedia article stored on that answer.