Eledone cirrhosa Horned octopus, Lesser octopus, northern octopus

Eledone cirrhosa is commonly referred to as Horned octopus, Lesser octopus, northern octopus. Difficulty in the aquarium: 5 - Svår. A aquarium size of at least 2000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

6011 

AphiaID:

140600 

Scientific:

Eledone cirrhosa 

German:

Zirrenkrake, Gehörnter Krake 

English:

Horned Octopus, Lesser Octopus, Northern Octopus 

Category:

Bläckfisk 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Octopoda (Order) > Eledonidae (Family) > Eledone (Genus) > cirrhosa (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lamarck, ), 1798 

Occurrence:

Tunesien, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), Algeria, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, European Coasts, Iceland, Morocco, Portugal, Scandinavia, Spain, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, the Mediterranean Sea 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

60 - 120 Meter 

Size:

15.75" - 27.56" (40cm - 70cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Invertebrates, Zoobenthos 

Tank:

439.96 gal (~ 2000L)  

Difficulty:

5 - Svår 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Eledone caparti
• 
  Eledone cirrhosa
  Zirrenkrake, Gehörnter Krake
• Eledone gaucha
• Eledone massyae
• 
  Eledone moschata
  Moschuskrake
• Eledone palari
• Eledone schultzei

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2013-09-06 20:22:55 

Last edit:

2024-07-29 17:01:19 

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