Octopus americanus

Octopus americanus

Classification

Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Octopodidae

The common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) is a mollusk belonging to the class Cephalopoda. Octopus vulgaris is one of the most studied of all the octopus species, and also one of the most intelligent. It ranges from the eastern Atlantic, extends from the Mediterranean Sea, Black sea and the southern coast of England, to the southern coast of South Africa.

Distribution

Octopus americanus — (c) Pauline Walsh Jacobson, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Pauline Walsh Jacobson · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 146Brazil · 16

Sources and credits

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Octopus americanus

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