Atlantic white-spotted octopus (Callistoctopus macropus)

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Subject:	Atlantic white-spotted octopus (Callistoctopus macropus)
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Octopus_macropus juvenile
Date 1896
Source I Cefalopodi viventi nel Golfo di Napoli (sistematica) : monografia
Author Comingio Merculiano in Jatta Giuseppe
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Octopus_macropus_juvenile.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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