Octopus vulgaris Common Octopus

Octopus vulgaris is commonly referred to as Common Octopus. Difficulty in the aquarium: 5 - Svår. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

811 

AphiaID:

140605 

Scientific:

Octopus vulgaris 

German:

Gemeiner Krake 

English:

Common Octopus 

Category:

Bläckfisk 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Octopoda (Order) > Octopodidae (Family) > Octopus (Genus) > vulgaris (Species) 

Initial determination:

Cuvier, 1797 

Occurrence:

Djibouti, Ghana, Eritrea, Benin, Guadeloupe, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, Suriname, Hong Kong, Gambia, (the) Maldives, Algeria, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Azores, Bangladesh, Belize, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada Eastern Pacific, Chile, China, Circumglobal, Columbia, Comores, Congo, Corea, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Africa, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, European Coasts, French Guiana, Grenada, Guatemala, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Komodo (Komodo Island), Madagascar, Madeira, Malaysia, Martinique, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oceanodromous, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Quatar, Red Sea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Scandinavia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South America, South-Africa, Spain, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, The Aegan Sea (Mediterranean), The Bahamas, the British Isles, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Caribbean, The Gulf of Guinea, the Ivory Coast, the Mediterranean Sea, the Seychelles, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands, U.S., West Africa, Western Indian Ocean, Yemen 

Sea depth:

0 - 347 Meter 

Size:

47.24" - 51.18" (120cm - 130cm) 

Weight:

10 kg 

Temperature:

44.6 °F - 78.8 °F (7°C - 26°C) 

Food:

Crabs, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Food specialist, Schrimps, Sepia, Snails 

Tank:

219.98 gal (~ 1000L)  

Difficulty:

5 - Svår 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

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• Alle anzeigen

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-09-18 15:23:57 

Last edit:

2019-06-21 13:56:07 

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