curled octopus (Eledone cirrhosa)

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Subject:	curled octopus (Eledone cirrhosa)
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Description
Eledone cirrhosa
Date 1896
Source I Cefalopodi viventi nel Golfo di Napoli (sistematica) : monografia http://archive.org/details/icefalopodiviven00jatt
Author Comingio Merculiano (1845–1915) in Jatta Giuseppe
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eledone_cirrhosa_Merculiano.jpg

The curled octopus (Eledone cirrhosa), also known as the horned octopus, lesser octopus or northern octopus, is a species of cephalopod found in the northeast Atlantic, ranging from Norway to the Mediterranean, including the British Isles.

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Scientific Name: Eledone cirrhosa (Lamarck, 1798) Common Names: curled octopus, horned octopus, lesser octopus, northern octopus Synonyms: Octopus cirrhosus Lamarck, 1798 Eledone aldrovandi Montfort, 1802 Eledona ambrosiaca Risso, 1854 Sepia cirrhosa Bosc, 1802 Eledone genei Verany, 1839 Eledona halliana Rochebrune, 1884 Octopus leucoderma SanGiovanni, 1829 Hallia sepioidea Rochebrune, 1884 Moschites cirrosa zetlandica Russell, 1922

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