The greater blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) is found around Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, and Sri Lanka; the southern, or lesser, blue-ringed octopus (H. maculosa) is found along Australia’s southern coastline and around Tasmania; the blue-lined octopus (H. fasciata) is found off Australia from southern Queensland to southern New South Wales; and H. nierstraszi, which is known from only two specimens, has been found in the Bay of Bengal along the coast of Tamil Nadu, India, and around India’s Andaman Islands.
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