Octopus briareus are found in relatively warm, shallow water, including the tropical waters of the western Atlantic, the southeastern U.S., the Bahamas, the Caribbean islands, northern South America, and western Central America (Nauen 1984).

 

Biogeographic Regions: Nearctic; Nearctic :: Native; Neotropical; Neotropical :: Native; Oceanic Islands; Oceanic Islands :: Native; Atlantic Ocean; Atlantic Ocean :: Native