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Atlantic white-spotted octopus (Callistoctopus macropus)
Subject: Atlantic white-spotted octopus (Callistoctopus macropus)
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Atlantic white-spotted octopus (Callistoctopus macropus)


Callistoctopus macropus (Risso, 1826) (synonym: Octopus macropus)
Date 8 February 2008 (original upload date) (Original text : 12/2006)
Author SUBnormali Team
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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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