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Octopus vulgaris   Cuvier, 1797

Common octopus

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Classification / Names / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Octopoda () > Octopodidae (octopuses)

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

Associati a barriera corallina; oceanodromo (Ref. 75927); distribuzione batimetrica 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)

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Introduzioni

Circumglobal in temperate and tropical seas.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?, range 8 - 11.3 cm Max length : 180 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 104052); 120 cm TL (female); Peso massimo pubblicato: 10.0 kg (Ref. 275)

Biologia     Glossario (es. 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 Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

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 Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

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

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

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

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Pesca: commerciale
FAO - pesca: landings, species profile | FIRMS (Stock assessments) | FishSource | Sea Around Us

Strumenti

E-book | Giuda pratica

Fonti Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(pesca: species profile; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, ricerca) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 10 - 28.9, mean 25.8 (based on 8514 cells).
Resilienza (Ref. 69278) Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (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): Moderate to high vulnerability (48 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.