Callistoctopus macropus
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Atlantic white-spotted octopus | |
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Species: | O. macropus
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Octopus macropus Risso, 1826
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Octopus macropus, also known as the Atlantic white-spotted octopus, white-spotted octopus,[1] grass octopus or grass scuttle, is an octopus species native to at least the Mediterranean Sea.[1] A similar octopus from the Caribbean Sea has sometimes been identified as O. macropus, although the relationship between the two taxa remains unresolved.[1]
O. macropus grows to 15 cm in mantle length with the long arms exceeding 1 m.[1]
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