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Octopus vulgaris   Cuvier, 1797

Common octopus

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Classification / Names / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Octopoda () > Octopodidae (octopuses) > Octopodinae

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

Υφαλόφιλο(α); ωκεανόδρομο(ς) (Ref. 75927); εύρος βάθους 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)

Κατανομή Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες | Εισαγωγές

Circumglobal in temperate and tropical seas.

Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 8 - 11.3 cm Max length : 180 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 104052); 120 cm TL (female); μεγ. δημοσιευμένο βάρος: 10.0 kg (Ref. 275)

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

Maximum common depth is 150 m in Ref. 75927. Maximum depth range from Ref. 114857. Maximum length for female from Ref. 804. This octopus is taken by amateur fishers and in small to large-scale harvest throughout its range. The greatest fishery effort occurs off northwest Africa, and it is know as one of the most valuable octopod species throughout the Mediterranean Sea where it is marketed fresh or frozen (Ref. 96968). 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 Γεννητική Ωρίμανση | Αναπαραγωγή | Γεννοβολία | Αβγά | Γονιμότητα | Προνύμφες

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 Αναφορές | Συντονιστής | Συνεργάτες

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

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

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

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

αλιεία: Εμπορικό(ά)
FAO - αλιεία: landings, species profile | FIRMS (Stock assessments) | FishSource | Η θάλασσα γύρω μας

Εργαλεία

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Διαδικτυακές πηγές

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(αλιεία: species profile; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Δέντρο Ζωής | Wikipedia (Go, αναζήτηση) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 10 - 28.9, mean 25.8 (based on 8514 cells).
Ελαστικότητα (Ref. 69278) Υψηλό, ελάχιστος χρόνος για διπλασιασμό πληθυσμού < 15 μήνες (K=0.38-0.72; tm=1.2).
Prior r = 0.77, 95% CL = 0.51 - 1.15, Based on 4 full stock assessments.
Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Very high vulnerability (78 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.