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Octopoda |
Octopodidae | Octopodinae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 50 m (Ref. 96968). Tropical
Indo-West Pacific: Australia and Japan. Subtropical to temperate.
Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 22.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 96968)
Mantle length is 5.7 cm. This species is extremely venomous, tetrodotoxin venom produced in the salivary glands has potential to cause human deaths (Ref. 96968). It lives on intertidal and shallow subtidal reefs, seagrass meadows, and rubble areas. It emerges at night and forages for small crustaceans and fishes. Hatchlings are benthic (Ref. 96968).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Members of the class Cephalopoda are gonochoric. Male and female adults usually die shortly after spawning and brooding, respectively. Mating behavior: Males perform various displays to attract potential females for copulation. During copulation, male grasp the female and inserts the hectocotylus into the female's mantle cavity where fertilization usually occurs. Life cycle: Embryos hatch into planktonic stage and live for some time before they grow larger and take up a benthic existence as adults.
Wood, J.B. and C.L. Day. 1998. (Ref. 3722)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Human uses
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Strumenti
Informazioni ulteriori
Age/Size
Accrescimento
Length-weight
Length-length
Morfologia
Larve
Abbondanza
Fonti Internet
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature
(Ref.
115969): 15 - 23.6, mean 18 (based on 144 cells).
