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An octopus (pl.: octopuses or octopodes [a]) is a soft-bodied, eight-limbed mollusc of the order Octopoda (/ ɒ k ˈ t ɒ p ə d ə /, ok-TOP-ə-də [3]).The order consists of some 300 species and is grouped within the class Cephalopoda with squids, cuttlefish, and nautiloids.
Octopus vulgaris grows to 25 cm (10 inches) in mantle length with arms up to 1 m (3.3 feet) long. [3] It lives for 1–2 years and may weigh up to 9 kg (20 pounds). [4] [5] Mating may become cannibalistic. [6] O. vulgaris is caught by bottom trawls on a huge scale off the northwestern coast of Africa. More than 20,000 tonnes (22,000 short tons ...
Since these octopuses do not live for long, they mature rapidly and can hunt for food to feed themselves right after hatching. [8] Hatchlings feed on amphipods or mysid shrimp. [9] [10] As they grow, the list of what they eat grows with them. California two-spot octopuses eat anything they can find, like fish and crustaceans.
Octopus is the largest genus of octopuses, comprising about 100 species.These species are widespread throughout the world's oceans. Many species formerly placed in the genus Octopus are now assigned to other genera within the family.
Octopodiformes is a superorder of the subclass Coleoidea, comprising the octopuses and the vampire squid. All living members of Octopodiformes have eight arms , either lacking the two tentacles of squid (as is the case in octopuses) or modifying the tentacles into thin filaments (as in vampire squid).
The creatures are known as dumbo octopuses because of their “large” fins. ‘Cutest octopus in the world’ seen for the first time in Southeast Pacific. See video
Grimpoteuthis [1] is a genus of pelagic cirrate (finned) octopods known as the dumbo octopuses. [2] The name "dumbo" originates from their resemblance to the title character of Disney 's 1941 film Dumbo , having two prominent ear-like fins which extend from the mantle above each eye.
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