Blue-lined Octopus

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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Blue-lined octopus | image = BlueLineOct.jpg | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Mollusca | classis = Cephalopoda | ordo = Octopoda | familia = Octopodidae | genus = Hapalochlaena | species = H. fasciata | binomial = Hapalochlaena fasciata | binomial_authority = Hoyle, 1886 }}

The Blue-lined Octopus is one of 3 (or perhaps 4) species of Blue-ringed octopuses. It is most commonly found around intertidal rocky shores and coastal waters to a depth of 15 m between southern Queensland and southern New South Wales. Its mantle length can grow up to 45 mm.