Octopus bimaculatus, California two-spot octopus

Octopus bimaculatus   Verrill, 1883

California two-spot octopus

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

Cephalopoda | Octopoda | Octopodidae

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

Benthic; depth range 0 - 50 m (Ref. 96968).  Subtropical; 35°N - 20°N, 121°W - 105°W (Ref. 96968)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Central Pacific: from Point Concepcion, California to Mexico.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 122 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 123051); max. published weight: 3.0 kg (Ref. 96968)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Size refers to length of body and arms (Ref. 865). Small scale harvests for personal consumption are known throughout its range (Ref. 96968). It is found in crevices and caves from the low intertidal to a depth of 50 meters (Ref. 865).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Females brood the eggs for 2 to 4 months required for hatching.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Jereb, P., C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman and J.K. Finn. 2014. (Ref. 96968)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

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

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 10.5 - 26.8, mean 21.3 (based on 354 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=1.2).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Moderate vulnerability (42 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Low.

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