Atlantic fourhorn octopus (Pteroctopus tetracirrhus), Atlantic white-spotted octopus (Callistoctopus macropus)

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Subject:	Atlantic fourhorn octopus (Pteroctopus tetracirrhus), Atlantic white-spotted octopus (Callistoctopus macropus)
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CEPHALOPODES
l. 2. Octopus tetracirrhus. = Atlantic fourhorn octopus (Pteroctopus tetracirrhus)
3. Octopus Alderii. = Atlantic white-spotted octopus (Callistoctopus macropus)

Date 1851
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/6263518639
Author Jean Baptiste Vérany
Full title Mollusques méditeranéens [!]; observés, décrits, figurés, et chromolithographiés d'après le vivant ...
BHL Page URL http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33591472
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mollusques_m%C3%A9diteran%C3%A9ens_(!)_(6263518639).jpg

Pteroctopus tetracirrhus (Chiaie, 1830 in 1823-1831) – Fourhorn Octopus or Atlantic Fourhorn Octopus

The Atlantic white-spotted octopus, white-spotted octopus, grass octopus or grass scuttle (Callistoctopus macropus) is a species of octopus found in shallow areas of the Mediterranean Sea, the warmer parts of the eastern and western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, and the Indo-Pacific region. This octopus feeds on small organisms which lurk among the branches of corals.

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