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The common blanket octopus or violet blanket octopus ( Tremoctopus violaceus) [4] is a large octopus of the family Tremoctopodidae found worldwide in the epipelagic zone of warm seas. The degree of sexual dimorphism in this species is very high, with females growing up to two meters in length, whereas males grow to about 2.4 cm.
Octopus cyanea, also known as the big blue octopus[ 3] or day octopus, [ 4] is an octopus in the family Octopodidae. It occurs in both the Pacific and Indian Oceans, from Hawaii to the eastern coast of Africa. [ 5] O. cyanea grows to 16 cm in mantle length with arms to at least 80 cm. [ 5] This octopus was described initially by the British ...
The blue-lined octopuses start reproducing at a year old. [4] During breeding male blue-lined octopus will seek and mount females, they do not extend the hectocotylus and mate from a distance like other octopus species. [5] If they are successful, the female octopus will lay 50 to 100 eggs 30 days after the encounter. [4]
The common blanket octopus ( Tremoctopus violaceus) exhibits one of the most extreme sexual size-dimorphism known in any animal near its size or larger. [ 3][ 4] Females may reach 2 m (6.6 ft) in length, whereas the males are 2.4 cm (1 inch). The weight ratio is at least 10,000:1, and can probably reach as much as 40,000:1.
In the 1983 James Bond film Octopussy, the blue-ringed octopus is the prominent symbol of the secret order of female bandits and smugglers, appearing in an aquarium tank, on silk robes, and as a tattoo on women in the order. [ 28][ 2] The Adventure Zone featured a blue-ringed octopus in its "Petals to the Metal" series.
An octopus ( pl.: octopuses or octopodes[ a]) is a soft-bodied, eight-limbed mollusc of the order Octopoda ( / ɒkˈtɒpədə /, ok-TOP-ə-də[ 3] ). The order consists of some 300 species and is grouped within the class Cephalopoda with squids, cuttlefish, and nautiloids. Like other cephalopods, an octopus is bilaterally symmetric with two ...
The NROL-39 mission patch, depicting the National Reconnaissance Office as an octopus with a long reach. Cephalopods, usually specifically octopuses, squids, nautiluses and cuttlefishes, are most commonly represented in popular culture in the Western world as creatures that spray ink and use their tentacles to persistently grasp at and hold onto objects or living creatures.
The sample included the top quartile of school children (n=53) in samples from the states of Connecticut and South Carolina. Each school child was exposed to the spoof site Save The Northwest Pacific Tree Octopus, devoted to this rare species of octopus, complete with pictures of the animal itself and its environment. The school children then ...