Common Octopus

Octopus vulgaris Cuvier 1797

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Octopus vulgaris (Common Octopus) is a species of cephalopods in the family Octopodidae.

EOL has data for 18 attributes, including:

body size
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_VT0100005
- Definition: The size of a multicellular organism
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1000 mm
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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United States
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001
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habitat
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/habitat
- Definition: A category or description of the habitat in which the Event occurred.
- Comment: Example: "oak savanna", "pre-cordilleran steppe"
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marine benthic
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000024
- Definition: The marine benthic biome (benthic meaning 'bottom') encompasses the seafloor and includes such areas as shores, littoral or intertidal areas, marine coral reefs, and the deep seabed.
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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coastal
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000687
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harvested in
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/harvested_in
- Definition: This organism is caught or collected, and put to human use, in the following region(s)
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Guinea-Bissau
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/2372248
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has ectoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002633
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Octopicola superba superba
has endoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002635
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Dicyema aegira McConnaughey & Kritzler 1952
measurement accuracy
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/measurementAccuracy
- Definition: The description of the potential error associated with the measurementValue.
- Comment: Examples: "0.01", "normal distribution with variation of 2 m"
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water depth
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimDepth
- Definition: The depth of seawater at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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0.5 m
water temperature
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeawaterTemperature
- Definition: Temperature of the water at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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27.681 degrees celsius

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of common octopus. View this species on GBIF

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