Octopus pallidus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Octopodidae |
| Genus: | Octopus |
| Species: | O. pallidus
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| Binomial name | |
| Octopus pallidus Hoyle, 1885
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Octopus pallidus, the pale octopus, is a species of octopus in Oceania.[1]
Immediately after hatching, the pale octopus forages, primarily on bivalves. At night it hides in rubble to surprise prey.[1] Female maturation is dependent on age as well as season.[2] Both sexes can distinguish vertical from horizontal rectangles, and gradient greys from each other and uniform grey.[3]
This species has been studied by scientists trying to determine octopus ages by stylets and pigment.[4][5]
Gallery[edit]
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Diagram of Octopus pallidus
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Octopus pallidus, pale octopus". sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
- ^ Leporati, Stephen C.; Pecl, Gretta T.; Semmens, Jayson M. (2008-09-01). "Reproductive status of Octopus pallidus, and its relationship to age and size". Marine Biology. 155 (4): 375–385. doi:10.1007/s00227-008-1033-9. ISSN 1432-1793.
- ^ Muntz, W. R. A.; Gwyther, J. (1988-01-01). "Visual Acuity in Octopus Pallidus and Octopus Australis". Journal of Experimental Biology. 134 (1): 119–129. ISSN 0022-0949.
- ^ Doubleday, Zoë; Semmens, Jayson M.; Pecl, Gretta; Jackson, George (2006-10-24). "Assessing the validity of stylets as ageing tools in Octopus pallidus". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 338 (1): 35–42. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2006.06.027. ISSN 0022-0981.
- ^ Doubleday, Zoë A.; Semmens, Jayson M. (2011-01-31). "Quantification of the age-pigment lipofuscin in known-age octopus (Octopus pallidus): A potential tool for age determination". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 397 (1): 8–12. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2010.11.010. ISSN 0022-0981.
- Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) The current state of Octopus taxonomy. Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin 66:127–154
- Norman M.D., Finn J.K. & Hochberg F.G. (2014). Family Octopodidae. pp. 36–215, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO]. 4(3): 353 pp. 11 pls.
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