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Octopus bimaculatus, commonly referred to as Verrill's two-spot octopus, is a similar species to the California two-spot octopus (Octopus bimaculoides), which it is often mistaken for. The two can be distinguished by the difference in the blue and black chain-like pattern of the ocelli.
Macrotritopus defilippi, commonly known as the Lilliput longarm octopus or the Atlantic longarm octopus, is a small species of octopus, a marine cephalopod mollusc of the order Octopoda. [ 1 ] This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean , the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean .
Amphioctopus fangsiao, called webfoot octopus, [2] is a species of octopus, a cephalopod belonging to the genus Amphioctopus. [3] It is found in the Pacific Ocean , including off the coasts of New Zealand [ 4 ] as well as in the Yellow Sea and surrounding Chinese shores.
Amphioctopus aegina, commonly referred to as the marbled octopus or the sandbird octopus, [2] is a bottom dwelling species residing in the coastal zone of the Indo-West Pacific. [ 3 ] Planktonic hatchlings and eggs are laid by females predominantly during the months of January and October, however they have been known to reproduce year-round.
Callistoctopus macropus, also known as the Atlantic white-spotted octopus, white-spotted octopus, [2] [3] grass octopus or grass scuttle, is a species of octopus found in shallow areas of the Mediterranean Sea, the warmer parts of the eastern and western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, and the Indo-Pacific region.
Abdopus horridus, the Red Sea octopus or common reef octopus, is a species of octopus in the genus Abdopus from the western Indian Ocean. [2] It occurs in the western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea . It has a small body and long arms with a complex skin sculpture and pigmentation pattern on the body which it uses to camouflage itself.
Free diver and marine biologist Jules Casey is no stranger to animals that dwell on Australia’s ocean floor, and she was delighted to encounter a sand octopus as it was burrowing itself into the ...
The holotype of this species measures 9 centimetres (3.5 in) in mantle length. [2]A female Graneledone boreopacifica was observed in the Monterey Canyon by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, brooding her eggs for a record 53 months, making this the longest egg-brooding period known in the animal kingdom [3].