North Atlantic octopus (Bathypolypus arcticus)
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Researched by | Emily Wilson | Refereed by | Admin |
Authority | (Prosch, 1849) | ||
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Summary
Description
Recorded distribution in Britain and Ireland
All British and Irish coasts.Global distribution
North Atlantic Ocean: Straits of Florida northward to Greenland, Iceland, Spitzbergen and southward to Great Britain and North Sea.Habitat
Most frequently found on sandy and muddy bottoms but they must move to rocky areas to spawn.Depth range
14-1000mIdentifying features
- Mantle globular, nearly as wide as long.
- Surface of mantle, head, arms and web covered in warts, especially around the eyes.
- Arms short, irregular order.
- Suckers small and biserial.
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Bibliography
Boyle, P.R. (ed.), 1983. Cephalopod Life Cycles, vol 1. Species Accounts. London: Academic Press Inc. (London) Ltd.
Howson, C.M. & Picton, B.E., 1997. The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Belfast: Ulster Museum. [Ulster Museum publication, no. 276.]
Miramand, P. & Bentley, D., 1992. Concentration and distribution of heavy metals in tissues of two cephalopods, Eledone cirrhosa and Sepia officinalis, from the French coast of the English Channel. Marine Biology, 114, 407-414.
Roper, C.F.E., Sweeney, M.J. & Nauen, C.E., 1984. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 3. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, 125, 3, 277. Avaliable: http://www.fao.org/docrep/009/ac479e/ac479e00.htm
Datasets
NBN (National Biodiversity Network) Atlas. Available from: https://www.nbnatlas.org.
OBIS (Ocean Biodiversity Information System), 2024. Global map of species distribution using gridded data. Available from: Ocean Biogeographic Information System. www.iobis.org. Accessed: 2024-12-23
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Last Updated: 06/11/2006