The Quiz: Glass octopuses are among the smallest octopus species. What is the largest?
A Giant Pacific octopus
B Yellow octopus
C Southern giant octopus
The giant Pacific octopus is widely considered to be the biggest species, with an average length of 14 feet. They can weigh up to 100 pounds—although the largest known specimen was 600 pounds and 30 feet long. (Some believe the seven-arm octopus of the Atlantic is even larger, but so little is known about it that the crown is given to the giant Pacific octopus.)
The correct answer to this quiz is Giant Pacific octopus.