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common octopus
cephalopod
Also known as: Octopus vulgaris
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- In octopus: Examples of species and behaviours
The best-known octopus is the common octopus, O. vulgaris, a medium-sized animal that is widely distributed in tropical and temperate seas throughout the world. It lives in holes or crevices along the rocky bottom and is secretive and retiring by nature. It feeds mainly on crabs and other crustaceans. This…
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life cycle
- In cephalopod: Reproduction and life cycles
, Octopus vulgaris) the juveniles are planktonic, spending several weeks in the plankton; the “Macrotritopus” stage of Scaeurgus may greatly prolong its juvenile life until a favourable bottom substrate is found. In octopods with large eggs (e.g., Octopus briareus) the young resemble the adult and immediately…
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