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Eledone
''Eledone'' is a genus of octopuses forming the only genus in the family (biology), family Eledonidae. It is mainly distributed in the northern and southern Atlantic Ocean, with one species, ''Eledone palari, 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 (taxonomy), synonym of the brush-tipped octopus (''Eledone schultzei''). Species The following species are currently classified as being in the genus ''Eledone'': * ''Eledone caparti'' William Adam (malacologist), Adam, 1950 * ''Eledone cirrhosa'' (Lamarck, 1798) – curled octopus * ''Eledone gaucha'' Haimovici, 1988 * ''Eledone massyae'' Gilbert L. Voss, Voss, 1964 – combed octopus * ''Eledone microsicya'' * (Alphonse Trémeau de Rochebrune, Rochebrune, 1884) * ''Eledone moschata'' (Lamarck, 1798) – musky octopus * ''E ... [...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 (mollusc), 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 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
