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Common Octopus

Octopus vulgaris

Seabook: Common Octopus

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Max Depth

200 m

Description

Octopus vulgaris is a mollusc belonging to the class Cephalopoda. The animal belongs to the Superphylum Lophotrochozoa, being considered a protostome and having thus a coelom. Octopus vulgaris is the most studied of all octopus species. Distribution O. vulgaris is considered cosmopolitan. Global in its range in the ... Read more in Seabook

Locations

Colors

white
brown
grey

Habitat and Environment

Benthic

Coral reef