Kauaʻi record · KCA-OI-00092
Day Octopus / Heʻe
Octopus cyanea
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About Day Octopus / Heʻe
An Indo-Pacific octopus of Hawaiian reefs. The HCRI survey recorded Octopus cyanea at the Port Allen Harbor entrance on Kauaʻi in November 2002.
Occurrence evidence
TR29a marks Octopus cyanea at Kauaʻi stations Ka1 and Ka4; the HCRI report also records it in the Kauaʻi reef survey, with 2020/2025 photographs corroborative.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Octopus cyanea
- Common names
- Day octopus · big blue octopus
- Hawaiian names
- Heʻe
- Family
- Octopodidae
- Order
- Octopoda
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- qualifying authoritative Kauaʻi evidence predates 2016-10-01; later community observations are corroborative only, so current status is not established
- Origin
- Indigenous
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-01
- Evidence limits
- Evidence is bounded to the source events and dates; current population size, island-wide distribution, and persistence at historical sites have not been established.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Marine reef and nearshore
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- An Indo-Pacific octopus of Hawaiian reefs. The HCRI survey recorded Octopus cyanea at the Port Allen Harbor entrance on Kauaʻi in November 2002.