Blue ringed octopus is the common name for the genus Hapalochlaena, which contains three species:
*Greater Blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata)
*Southern Blue-ringed octopus, also known as the Lesser Blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena maculosa)
*Blue-lined octopus (Hapalachlaena fasciata)
Based on one description given of a single specimen in 1938, some think that there may be a fourth species, Hapolachlaena nierstraszi, but that is uncertain.
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