Pinnoctopus ornatus White-Striped Octopus, Ornate Octopus

Pinnoctopus ornatus is commonly referred to as White-Striped Octopus, Ornate Octopus. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

13614 

AphiaID:

1805272 

Scientific:

Pinnoctopus ornatus 

German:

Weißstreifen Oktopus 

English:

White-Striped Octopus, Ornate Octopus 

Category:

Cephalopoda 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Octopoda (Order) > Octopodidae (Family) > Pinnoctopus (Genus) > ornatus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(A. A. Gould, ), 1852 

Occurrence:

Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Kuwait, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Austral Islands, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Christmas Islands, Comores, Cook Islands, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), East Africa, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Gambier Islands, Glorieuses or Glorioso Islands , Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Irak, Iran, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Juan de Nova Island , Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marquesas Islands, Marschall Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, New South Wales (Australia), Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Quatar, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South-Africa, South-Pazific, Taiwan, Tansania, Tasman Sea, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuamoto Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wake Atoll, Wallis and Futuna, Western Australia, Western Indian Ocean, Yemen, Zanzibar 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

0 - 10 Meter 

Size:

39.37" - 78.74" (100cm - 200cm) 

Weight:

3 kg 

Temperature:

75.74 °F - 84.74 °F (24.3°C - 29.3°C) 

Food:

Carnivore, Clams, Crabs, Crustaceans, Edible crab, Living Food, Predatory, Rock lobster, Snails 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Pinnoctopus cordiformis
  Krake
• 
  Pinnoctopus macropus
  Atlantischer Weißfleckenkrake, Weigepunkteter Oktopus, Langarmiger Krake
• 
  Pinnoctopus ornatus
  Weißstreifen Oktopus

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2021-02-07 15:54:22 

Last edit:

2026-01-14 12:58:04 

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