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Eledone
''Eledone'' is a genus of octopuses forming the only genus in the family Eledonidae. It is mainly distributed in the northern and southern Atlantic Ocean, with one species, '' E. palari'', described from the southwestern Pacific Ocean and eastern Indian Ocean in waters around Indonesia and Australia and another, ''E. microsicya'', from the western Indian Ocean. One species, ''E. thysanophora'', is now regarded as a synonym of the brush-tipped octopus (''Eledone schultzei''). Species The following species are currently classified as being in the genus ''Eledone'': * '' Eledone caparti'' Adam, 1950 * ''Eledone cirrhosa'' (Lamarck, 1798) – curled octopus * ''Eledone gaucha'' Haimovici, 1988 * ''Eledone massyae'' Voss, 1964 – combed octopus * ''Eledone microsicya'' * (Rochebrune, 1884) * ''Eledone moschata'' (Lamarck, 1798) – musky octopus * ''Eledone nigra'' (Hoyle, 1910) * ''Eledone palari'' Lu and Stranks, 1992 – spongetip octopus * ''Eledone schultzei ''Eled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eledone Cirrhosa
The curled octopus (''Eledone cirrhosa''), also known as the horned octopus, lesser octopus or northern octopus, is a species of cephalopod found in the northeast Atlantic, ranging from Norway to the Mediterranean, including the British Isles. The total length of an adult is around 50 cm, but their arms are often tightly curled. It immobilises and eats large crustaceans by drilling a hole through their shell. It is mainly by-catch in commercial fisheries of the north eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, where the common octopus is the preferred species. Description It has a broad, ovoid-shaped mantle and can reach a total length (including arms) of up to . The head is narrower than the rest of the body with a filament over each eye. The octopus's colour is yellowish or reddish-orange to reddish-brown dorsally with diffuse rust-brown patches, and white on the underside. The skin is covered with very fine, closely set granulations, interspersed with larger warts. The relativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curled Octopus
The curled octopus (''Eledone cirrhosa''), also known as the horned octopus, lesser octopus or northern octopus, is a species of cephalopod found in the northeast Atlantic, ranging from Norway to the Mediterranean, including the British Isles. The total length of an adult is around 50 cm, but their arms are often tightly curled. It immobilises and eats large crustaceans by drilling a hole through their shell. It is mainly by-catch in commercial fisheries of the north eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, where the common octopus is the preferred species. Description It has a broad, ovoid-shaped mantle and can reach a total length (including arms) of up to . The head is narrower than the rest of the body with a filament over each eye. The octopus's colour is yellowish or reddish-orange to reddish-brown dorsally with diffuse rust-brown patches, and white on the underside. The skin is covered with very fine, closely set granulations, interspersed with larger warts. The relativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eledone
''Eledone'' is a genus of octopuses forming the only genus in the family Eledonidae. It is mainly distributed in the northern and southern Atlantic Ocean, with one species, '' E. palari'', described from the southwestern Pacific Ocean and eastern Indian Ocean in waters around Indonesia and Australia and another, ''E. microsicya'', from the western Indian Ocean. One species, ''E. thysanophora'', is now regarded as a synonym of the brush-tipped octopus (''Eledone schultzei''). Species The following species are currently classified as being in the genus ''Eledone'': * '' Eledone caparti'' Adam, 1950 * ''Eledone cirrhosa'' (Lamarck, 1798) – curled octopus * ''Eledone gaucha'' Haimovici, 1988 * ''Eledone massyae'' Voss, 1964 – combed octopus * ''Eledone microsicya'' * (Rochebrune, 1884) * ''Eledone moschata'' (Lamarck, 1798) – musky octopus * ''Eledone nigra'' (Hoyle, 1910) * ''Eledone palari'' Lu and Stranks, 1992 – spongetip octopus * ''Eledone schultzei ''Eled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eledone Moschata
''Eledone moschata'', the musky octopus, is a species of octopus belonging to the family Octopodidae. Taxonomy The skin of the single specimen of ''Eledone microsicya'' is very similar to the skin of ''Eledone moschata'' and some authorities take the view that ''E. microsicya'' is not a valid taxon and represents a Red Sea population of the otherwise Mediteraranean ''E. moschata'' with which it should synonymised. Distribution The musky octopus is found throughout the Mediterranean Sea, and is occasionally found in adjacent parts of the Atlantic Ocean, around the Gulf of Cadiz and off the coast of Portugal. Habitat The musky octopus occurs on the sandy bottom of the continental platform, at depths up to 400 meters. Usually it lives burrowed into the sediments. Description The largest recorded musky octopus was a male with a mantle length of , a total length of and a mass of , caught in the Gulf of İzmir (''Gulf of Smyrna''), in the Aegean Sea. This small species has a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eledone Gaucha
''Eledone gaucha'' is a species of octopus from the southern Atlantic Ocean. It is a predator of fish, crabs, lobsters and molluscs. This octopus is a member of the genus ''Eledone'' and belongs to the family Eledonidae. It was distinguished from a similar species, ''Eledone massyae''. ''Eledone gaucha'' is smaller in size than '' E. massyae'' and has a smaller mantle and head. Description ''Eledone gaucha'' possesses a firm, thin, ovoid and elongated mantle. It is separated from the head by a small constriction. The body is smooth and papillae can be found on the dorsal mantle and on the head. The head is narrower than the mantle and the eyes are protruding. The syphon is long, W-shaped and free from its front half. The arms are long and thin. The dorsal arms are notably longer than the other arms and the arms from the males are longer than those of the females.The suckers are small, well separated and deeply anchored in the arms. On the arms of females, suckers are regrouped ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eledone Massyae
''Eledone massyae'', the combed octopus, is a small benthic octopus found off the Atlantic coasts of southern South America, particularly Argentina and southern Brazil. Description The body is rounded and slightly flattened dorso-ventrally. The head is narrower than the mantle and separated by a slight constriction. The opening in the mantle is very large and the arms are the same length. The suckers are small, separated from one another and deeply anchored in the arm. The third arm possesses a hypocotyl in the male individuals. Also in males, other arms have suckers that decrease in number until the tip of the arm. After the last sucker are two ranges of papillae that diverge on the sides. On female individuals, the arms are not modified. Females have a variable size ranging from 24 to 91 mm and males vary between 22 to 80 mm. ''Eledone massyae'' feeds mostly on macro crustaceans such as crabs from the Portunidae family as well as polychaetes and mullusks. Distribution ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brush-tipped Octopus
''Eledone schultzei'', the brush-tipped octopus, is a rare species of octopus. It has previously been known by other taxonomic names (synonyms A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are all ...) including ''Eledone thysanophora'' and ''Aphrodoctopus schultzei''. Distribution It is found off the South African coast from Saldanha Bay to Table Bay in less than 10m of water. Description The brush-tipped octopus has a round body with eight arms and no shell. Its arms have one row of suckers. Ecology Its habits are mostly unknown, but it feeds on small crustaceans. References schultzei Molluscs described in 1910 Taxa named by William Evans Hoyle {{Octopus-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eledone Schultzei
''Eledone schultzei'', the brush-tipped octopus, is a rare species of octopus. It has previously been known by other taxonomic names (synonyms A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are all ...) including ''Eledone thysanophora'' and ''Aphrodoctopus schultzei''. Distribution It is found off the South African coast from Saldanha Bay to Table Bay in less than 10m of water. Description The brush-tipped octopus has a round body with eight arms and no shell. Its arms have one row of suckers. Ecology Its habits are mostly unknown, but it feeds on small crustaceans. References schultzei Molluscs described in 1910 Taxa named by William Evans Hoyle {{Octopus-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eledone Palari
''Eledone palari'', the spongetip octopus, is a species of benthic octopus from the coastal waters of the eastern Indian Ocean and the south-western Pacific. The species was formally described in 1992 and is the first species of the genus ''Eledone'' to be discovered which is not distributed in the Atlantic Ocean. Description The spongetip octopus has gelatinous skin with deeply webbed arms bearing a single row of suckers. The common English name refers to the spongy tips of the mature male's arms; these are thought to have some reproductive function. Like other members of the genus ''Eledone'', this octopus has an ink sac and no fins on the mantle A mantle is a piece of clothing, a type of cloak. Several other meanings are derived from that. Mantle may refer to: *Mantle (clothing), a cloak-like garment worn mainly by women as fashionable outerwear **Mantle (vesture), an Eastern Orthodox ve .... The male reaches sexual maturity at a mantle length of around 30 mm, whil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eledone Microsicya
''Eledone microsicya'' is a little-known species of octopus An octopus ( : octopuses or octopodes, see below for variants) is a soft-bodied, eight- limbed mollusc of the order Octopoda (, ). The order consists of some 300 species and is grouped within the class Cephalopoda with squids, cuttle ... from the western Indian Ocean. There is a view that because of the similarity in the skins of the single specimen of ''E. microsicya'' to the Musky Octopus '' Eledone moschata'' that this is not a valid taxon and represents a Red Sea population of the otherwise Mediteraranean ''E. moschata''. References microsicya Molluscs described in 1884 {{octopus-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eledone Caparti
''Eledone caparti'' is a rare and little known species of benthic octopus from the Atlantic Ocean off the south-west coast of Africa. The egg masses of ''Eledone caparti'' have been found in the dissected stomachs of blue shark The blue shark (''Prionace glauca''), also known as the great blue shark, is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, which inhabits deep waters in the world's temperate and tropical oceans. Averaging around and preferring co ...s.Nesis, K.N & Nigmatullin, C.M 1978 A record of egg masses of the bottom octopus ''Eledone caparti'' in the stomachs of blue sharks Zoologichesky Zhurnal, 57(9):1324-1329 (Russian with English summary) References caparti Molluscs described in 1950 {{octopus-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eledone Nigra
''Eledone nigra'' is a little-known species of octopus described from one male and six females which were taken in Luderitz Bay, Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ... and has only been recorded subsequently in 1941, 1983 and 1991, all from Luderitz Bay.Villanueva, R & Sanchez P. (1993) Cephalopods of the Benguela Current off Namibia; New additions and consideration on the genus ''Lycoteuthis'', J. Nat. Hist. 27 pp15-46 References nigra Molluscs described in 1910 {{octopus-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
