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Atlantic white-spotted octopus (Callistoctopus macropus)
Subject: | Atlantic white-spotted octopus (Callistoctopus macropus)
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Callistoctopus macropus
Photo Credit:US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/htmls/reef2063.htm
Image ID: reef2063, The Coral Kingdom Collection
Location: Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea
Photographer: Mr. Mohammed Al Momany, Aqaba, Jordan
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Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Octopus_macropus_-_The_Coral_Kingdom_Collection.jpg
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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Scientific Name: Callistoctopus macropus (Risso, 1826)
Common Names: Atlantic white-spotted octopus, Grass Octopus, Grass Scuttle
Synonyms:
Octopus alderii Verany, 1851
Octopus didynamus Rafinesque, 1814
Octopus frayedus Rafinesque, 1814
Octopus granosus Blainville, 1826
Octopus leschenaultii d'Orbigny, 1826
Octopus longimanus Férussac, 1839 in Férussac & d'Orbigny, 1834–1848
Octopus macropodus SanGiovanni, 1829
Octopus macropus Risso, 1826
Octopus verrilli palliata Robson, 1929
Polypus macropus (Risso, 1826)
Tremoctopus scalenus Hoyle, 1904 |
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