Bathypolypus arcticus North Atlantic octopus

Bathypolypus arcticus is commonly referred to as North Atlantic octopus. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

13069 

AphiaID:

140596 

Scientific:

Bathypolypus arcticus 

German:

Nordatlantischer Oktopus 

English:

North Atlantic Octopus 

Category:

Bläckfisk 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Octopoda (Order) > Bathypolypodidae (Family) > Bathypolypus (Genus) > arcticus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Prosch, ), 1849 

Occurrence:

Russland, the North Sea, Alaska (Western Atlantic), Arctic (North Polar Sea), Canada Eastern Pacific, European Coasts, Florida, Greenland, Gulf of Maine, Iceland, Newfoundland, North Atlantic Ocean, Scandinavia, Spain, Spitsbergen /Svalbard, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, the Isle of Man, West Coast USA, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Sea depth:

0 - 1600 Meter 

Size:

2.36" - 3.94" (6cm - 10cm) 

Weight:

400 g 

Temperature:

35.6 °F - 75.2 °F (2°C - 24°C) 

Food:

Clams, Crustaceans, Predatory, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Bathypolypus arcticus
  Nordatlantischer Oktopus
• Bathypolypus bairdii
• Bathypolypus ergasticus
• Bathypolypus pugniger
• Bathypolypus rubrostictus
• Bathypolypus sponsalis
• Bathypolypus valdiviae

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-06-04 19:32:12 

Last edit:

2020-06-04 21:54:51 

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