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Wunderpus photogenicus Wunderpus octopus

Wunderpus photogenicus is commonly referred to as Wunderpus octopus. Difficulty in the aquarium: 6 - Mycket svår. A aquarium size of at least 2500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic.


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Wunderpus-Oktopus, Wunderpus photogenicus

Aufgenommen in Lembeh / Indonesien, 08/2014


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lexID:
1911 
AphiaID:
457573 
Scientific:
Wunderpus photogenicus 
German:
Wunderpus 
English:
Wunderpus Octopus 
Category:
Bläckfisk 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Octopoda (Order) > Octopodidae (Family) > Wunderpus (Genus) > photogenicus (Species) 
Initial determination:
Hochberg, Norman & Finn, 2006 
Occurrence:
Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Timor, Vanuatu, Vietnam 
Sea depth:
0 - 20 Meter 
Size:
5.91" - 17.72" (15cm - 45cm) 
Temperature:
71.6 °F - 80.6 °F (22°C - 27°C) 
Food:
Fish (little fishes), Food specialist, Living Food, Schrimps 
Tank:
549.95 gal (~ 2500L)  
Difficulty:
6 - Mycket svår 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life
:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2017-04-05 20:21:49 

Toxicity


Wunderpus photogenicus is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Wunderpus photogenicus, inform yourself about the poison and its effects before buying. Keep a note with the telephone number of the poison emergency call and all necessary information about the animal next to your aquarium so that you can be helped quickly in an emergency.
The telephone numbers of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

This message appears for poisonous, very poisonous and also animals whose poison can kill you immediately. Every human reacts differently to poisons. Please therefore weigh the risk for yourself AND your environment very carefully, and never act lightly!

Info

Hochberg, Norman & Finn, 2006

Wunderpus? is often confused with Thaumoctopus mimicus, another dark and light striped, long-armed octopus in the region. You can tell these octopuses apart by looking at the color pattern on the mantle, or body sac.

External links

  1. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 06.02.2021.

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Larva

Larve Wunderpus photogenicus
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Larve Wunderpus photogenicus Größenvergleich
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Spawn


Commonly


Husbandry know-how of owners

am 16.12.09#3
Bezüglich den Unterscheidungsmerkmalen zwischen Thaumoctopus mimicus (Norman und Hochberg, 2005) und Wunderpus photogenicus (Hochberg, Norman und Finn, 2006) habe ich mal ein Link beigefügt:

calphotos.berkeley.edu

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