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Octopus salutii
Subject: Octopus salutii
Source: http://www.thecephalopodpage.org/Osalutii.php
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Octopus salutii


Octopus salutii ::
Octopus salutii - The Cephalopod Page ::
Cephalopod Species
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This long-armed octopus is found in the Mediterranean, the Gulf of Biscay, and the eastern North Atlantic. It lays 2,000 to 4,000 eggs that are 5.2 to 6.0 mm long. The offspring are planktonic for the first part of their lives.
References and Credits
Credits
A warm thank you to Peter Wirtz for supplying the photograph above.
References
Sweeney, M.J., Roper, C.F.E., Mangold, K.M., Clarke, M.R., and Boletzky, S.v. 1992. 'Larval' and juvenile cephalopods: a manual for their identification. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology - No. 513.

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