Octopus cyanea Common Octopus

Octopus cyanea is commonly referred to as Common Octopus. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

812 

AphiaID:

210788 

Scientific:

Octopus cyanea 

German:

Großer Blauer Krake 

English:

Common Octopus 

Category:

Cephalopoda 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Octopoda (Order) > Octopodidae (Family) > Octopus (Genus) > cyanea (Species) 

Initial determination:

Gray, 1849 

Occurrence:

Kuwait, Djibouti, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Hong Kong, Eritrea, Sudan, (the) Maldives, American Samoa, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Austral Islands, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Christmas Islands, Comores, Coral sea (Eastern Australia), East Africa, Egypt, Fiji, Great Barrier Reef, Guam, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Hawaii, India, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marquesas Islands, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, New Caledonia, New South Wales (Australia), Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Quatar, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Réunion , Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), the Mediterranean Sea, the Seychelles, the Society Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wake Atoll, Wallis and Futuna, Western Australia, Yemen 

Sea depth:

0 - 150 Meter 

Size:

up to 47.24" (120 cm) 

Temperature:

76.46 °F - 84.38 °F (24.7°C - 29.1°C) 

Food:

Clams, Crabs, Fish (little fishes), Food specialist, Predatory, Schrimps 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

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• 
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• Octopus favonius
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• Octopus gardineri
• Octopus gorgonus
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• 
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• 
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• Octopus veligero
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• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-09-18 15:27:46 

Last edit:

2020-04-15 14:22:40 

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