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American zoologist G. H. Parker found that the largest suckers on a giant Pacific octopus are about 6.4 cm (2.5 in) and can support 16 kg (35 lb) each. [3] The only other possible contender for the largest species of octopus is the seven-arm octopus ( Haliphron atlanticus ), based on a 61-kilogram (134-pound), incomplete carcass estimated to ...
Octopus californicus (commonly the North Pacific bigeye octopus or orange bigeye octopus) [2] [3] is an octopus in the family Octopodidae. [4] It is provisionally assigned to the genus Octopus, but some scholars have concluded it belongs in other genera. [5] [6] O. californicus was first documented by S. Stillman Berry in 1911. [7]
On average they grow up to 16 feet long and weigh 132 pounds, although the largest on record weighed 600 pounds and had a 30-foot arm span. Despite their size, these sea giants are usually shy of ...
Giant Pacific octopus Haliphron atlanticus: Seven-armed octopus Octopus bimaculatus: Verrill's two-spot octopus Octopus bimaculoides: Two-spot octopus, lesser two-spot octopus Octopus micropyrsus: California's lilliput octopus Octopus rubescens: East Pacific red octopus, red octopus
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Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a bipartisan bill banning octopus farming in the state. California is now the second state to do so.
Octopus bimaculoides observed at Nicholson Point in La Jolla, California in August, 2024. Close-up of the chromatophores on Octopus bimaculoides. The California two-spot octopus (Octopus bimaculoides), often simply called a "bimac", is an octopus species native to many parts of the Pacific Ocean including the coast of California. One can ...
However, previous efforts to farm octopus have struggled with high mortality, while attempts to breed wild-caught octopus ran into problems with aggression, cannibalism and self-mutilation.