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Amphioctopus aegina Marbled Octopus

Amphioctopus aeginais commonly referred to as Marbled Octopus. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. A aquarium size of at least 500 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Marbled Octopus - Amphioctopus Aegina, Israel 2020


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lexID:
7753 
AphiaID:
534097 
Scientific:
Amphioctopus aegina 
German:
Marmorierter-Tintenfisch 
English:
Marbled Octopus 
Category:
Cephalopoda 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Octopoda (Order) > Octopodidae (Family) > Amphioctopus (Genus) > aegina (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Gray, ), 1849 
Occurrence:
Eritrea, Sudan, Hong Kong, Djibouti, (the) Maldives, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, China, Corea, Egypt, Gulf of Oman / Oman, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Irak, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Pakistan, Palau, Philippines, Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tansania, Thailand, Timor, Yemen 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
30 - 120 Meter 
Size:
up to 86.61" (220 cm) 
Temperature:
73.4 °F - 77 °F (23°C - 25°C) 
Food:
Clams, Crabs, Food specialist, Schrimps 
Tank:
109.99 gal (~ 500L)  
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-11-24 20:27:22 

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Amphioctopus aegina (Gray, 1849)

Amphioctopus is a genus of octopuses comprising around 16 species. Members of the genus Amphioctopus reside in tropical and subtropical waters. These octopuses are found primarily in the Pacific and Indian Oceans but representatives can also be found in the Atlantic.

Synonymised names:
Octopus aegina Gray, 1849 · unaccepted (original combination)
Octopus dollfusi G. C. Robson, 1928 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Octopus hardwickei Gray, 1849 · unaccepted (synonym)
Octopus smedleyi G. C. Robson, 1932 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Scientific paper

  1. Reproductive traits of sandbird octopus,Amphioctopus aegina(Gray, 1849) from Mandapam coastal waters (Palk Bay), Southeast Coast of India, Boby Ignatius; Muthukumarasamy Srinivasan; Srinivasan Balakrishnan, 2011

External links

  1. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 09.04.2023.
  2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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