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Atlantic white-spotted octopus (Callistoctopus macropus)
Subject: Atlantic white-spotted octopus (Callistoctopus macropus)
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Callistoctopus macropus en colère (photo de nuit).jpg
Resolution: 1200x893 File Size: 1357670 Bytes Date: 2011:12:15 21:25:13 Camera: Canon PowerShot G10 (Canon) F number: f/2.8 Exposure: 1/60 sec Focal Length: 6100/1000 Upload Date: 2017:07:16 21:04:56

Atlantic white-spotted octopus (Callistoctopus macropus)


Français : Le poulpe tacheté (Callistoctopus macropus) dans sa livrée agressive, à la Réunion.
Date 15 December 2011, 21:25:13
Source Don de l'auteur
Author Philippe Bourjon
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Callistoctopus_macropus_en_col%C3%A8re_(photo_de_nuit).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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