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

Cephalopoda | Octopoda | Octopodidae | Octopodinae

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

Benthic; depth range 0 - 20 m (Ref. 96968). Subtropical; 36°N - 27°N, 122°W - 114°W (Ref. 96968)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Central Pacific: from San Simeon, California, USA to Guerrero Negro, Mexico.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 12.0 cm ML male/unsexed; (Ref. 122030); max. published weight: 800.00 g (Ref. 96968)

Maximum length expressed as dorsal mantle length. Small-scale harvests occur in intertidal areas such as La Jolla, California for personal consumption, as bait and as aquarium animals. Sold commercially as a favoured aquarium species (Ref. 96968). Found on sand and muddy substrates, and rocky reefs (Ref. 96968).

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

Turgeon, D.D., J.F. Quinn Jr., A.E. Bogan, E.V. Coan, F.G. Hochberg, W.G. Lyons, P.M. Mikkelsen, R.J. Neves, C.F.E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F.G. Thompson, M. Vecchione and J.D. Willams. 1998. (Ref. 1667)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 20 April 2016

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Bait: occasionally
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Price category (Ref. 80766): Low.

Octopus bimaculoides Pickford & McConnaughey, 1949