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Octopus vulgaris   Cuvier, 1797

Common octopus

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Octopus vulgaris

Tunisia country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Gabes Gulf (Ref. 80267). C: Ref. 80267; M: Refs. 275, 2461.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ts.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Roper, C.F.E., M.J. Sweeney and C.E. Nauen, 1984
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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Classification / Names / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Octopoda () > Octopodidae (octopuses)

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

Riff-verbunden; ozeanodrom (Ref. 75927); tiefenbereich 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)

Verbreitung Länder | FAO Gebiete | Ecosystems | Vorkommen | Einführungen

Circumglobal in temperate and tropical seas.

Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Alter

Maturity: Lm ?, range 8 - 11.3 cm Max length : 180 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 104052); 120 cm TL (female); max. veröff. Gewicht: 10.0 kg (Ref. 275)

Biologie     Fachlexikon (Englisch) (z.B. 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).

Life cycle and mating behavior Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fecundity | Larven

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.

Hauptreferenz Referenzen | Koordinator | Partner

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

IUCN Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

  nicht bedroht (LC) ; Date assessed: 08 April 2016

CITES Status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Nutzung durch Menschen

Fischereien: kommerziell
FAO - Fischereien: landings, Artbeschreibung | FIRMS (Stock assessments) | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Tools

E-book | Feldführer

Internet Quellen

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Fischereien: Artbeschreibung; publication : search) | GenBank (Genom, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Gehe zu, Suchen) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 10 - 28.9, mean 25.8 (based on 8514 cells).
Widerstandsfähigkeit (Ref. 69278) hoch, Verdopplung der Population dauert weniger als 15 Monate. (K=0.38-0.72; tm=1.2).
Prior r = 0.77, 95% CL = 0.51 - 1.15, Based on 4 full stock assessments.
Verwundbarkeit (Ref. 71543): Moderate to high vulnerability (48 of 100).
Preiskategorie (Ref. 80766): Very high.