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Octopus bimaculoides Lesser twospotted octopus, Two-spot Octopus

Octopus bimaculoidesis commonly referred to as Lesser twospotted octopus, Two-spot Octopus. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Two-spot octopus, 2022


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lexID:
9589 
AphiaID:
341952 
Scientific:
Octopus bimaculoides 
German:
Kalifornische Zweipunktkrake 
English:
Lesser Twospotted Octopus, Two-spot Octopus 
Category:
Cephalopoda 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Octopoda (Order) > Octopodidae (Family) > Octopus (Genus) > bimaculoides (Species) 
Initial determination:
Pickford & McConnaughey, 1949 
Occurrence:
Alaska (Western Atlantic), Canada , Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Marschall Islands, Mexico (East Pacific), USA 
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:
0 - 20 Meter 
Size:
up to 22.83" (58 cm) 
Weight:
800 g 
Temperature:
64.4 °F - 71.6 °F (18°C - 22°C) 
Food:
Clams, Crabs, Fish (little fishes), Mysis, Snails 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
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:
2024-01-20 19:31:48 

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Octopus bimaculoides Pickford & McConnaughey, 1949)

Scientific paper

  1. Eye-independent, light-activated chromatophore expansion (LACE) and expression of phototransduction genes in the skin of Octopus bimaculoides, Ramirez, M. D.; Oakley, T. H. , 2015
  2. Aggressive male mating behavior depends on female maturity inOctopus bimaculoides, Mohanty, Sobhi; Ojanguren, Alfredo F.; Fuiman, Lee A. , 2014
  3. Distance chemoreception and the detection of conspecifics in Octopus bimaculoides, Walderon, M. D.; Nolt, K. J.; Haas, R. E.; Prosser, K. N.; Holm, J. B.; Nagle, G. T.; Boal, J. G. , 2011
  4. Response of newly hatched Octopus bimaculoides fed enriched Artemia salina: Growth performance, ontogeny of the digestive enzyme and tissue amino acid content, Yesika Solorzano; María Teresa Viana; Lus M. López; Juan Gabriel Correa; Conal C. True; Carlos Rosas, 2009
  5. Patterns of activity cycles in juvenile California two-spot octopuses (Octopus bimaculoides), Sinn, David L., 2008
  6. Electromyography of the buccal musculature of octopus (Octopus bimaculoides): a test of the function of the muscle articulation in support and movement, Uyeno, T. A.; Kier, W. M. , 2007
  7. Octopuses (Octopus bimaculoides) and cuttlefishes (Sepia pharaonis,S. officinalis) can conditionally discriminate, Hvorecny, Lauren M.; Grudowski, Jessica L.; Blakeslee, Carrie J.; Simmons, Tiffany L.; Roy, Paula R.; Brooks, Jennifer A.; Hanner, Rachel M.; Beigel, Marie E.; Karson, Miranda A.; Nichols, Rachel H.; Holm, Johanna B.; Boal, Jean Geary , 2007
  8. Light-/dark-induced changes in rhabdom structure in the retina ofOctopus bimaculoides, Steven C. Torres; Jose L. Camacho; Brian Matsumoto; Richard T. Kuramoto; Laura J. Robles, 1997
  9. Anatomic Features of Octopus bimaculoides and Octopus digueti, Michael K. Stoskopf and Bert S. Oppenheim, 1996
  10. Histochemical characterization of the interphotoreceptor matrix in the retina ofOctopus bimaculoides, Anthony Flores; Laura Aguilar; Elsa Yanez; Tana Molina; Laura J. Robles, 1994
  11. Dominance and den use in Octopus bimaculoides, John A. Cigliano, 1993
  12. Effect of temperature on laboratory growth, reproduction and life span ofOctopus bimaculoides, J. W. Forsythe; R. T. Hanlon, 1988

External links

  1. Flickr Video (en). Abgerufen am 20.01.2024.
  2. SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

Pictures

Spawn

Two-spot octopus with her brood, underneath an intertidal boulder at Naples, California 2015
Octopus bimaculoides nest, 2012

Commonly

Two-spot octopus, 2022
Foto: Kalifornien, Ost-Pazifik
Octopus bimaculatus, Verrill's Two-spot Octopus, 2016

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