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Octopus vulgaris   Cuvier, 1797

Common octopus

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Cephalopoda | Octopoda | Octopodidae | Octopodinae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Reef-associated; oceanodromous (Ref. 75927); depth range 0 - 347 m (Ref. 417), usually 0 - 100 m (Ref. 1977).  Tropical; ? - 7°C (Ref. 275), preferred 26°C (Ref. 107945); 57°N - 38°S, 98°W - 146°E (Ref. 275)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Circumglobal in temperate and tropical seas.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 1 - 1 cm Max length : 130 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 804); 120 cm TL (female); max. published weight: 10.0 kg (Ref. 275)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Maximum common depth is 150 m in Ref. 75927. Maximum length for male/unsexed from Ref. 114257. Maximum depth range from Ref. 114857. Inhabits rocky, sandy and muddy bottoms of the coastline to the edge of the continental shelf (Ref. 2133). Found in intertidal and subtidal areas (Ref. 83938).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

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.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Roper, C.F.E., M.J. Sweeney and C.E. Nauen. 1984. (Ref. 275)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 124695)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 08 April 2016

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
FAO - Fisheries: landings, species profile | FIRMS (Stock assessments) | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Tools

E-book | Field guide

Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Fisheries: species profile; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | ispecies | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates of some properties based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 10 - 28.9, mean 25.8 (based on 8514 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278)
 High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Prior r = 0.81, 95% CL = 0.53 - 1.21, Based on 14 stock assessments.
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543)
 Very high vulnerability (78 of 100)
Price category (Ref. 80766)
 Very high