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Bighead Octopus
Octopus vitiensis
Octopus vitiensis, or the bighead octopus, is a species of octopus provisionally placed in the genus Octopus. It was described by William Evans Hoyle in 1885 based on a specimen found in reefs in Kandavu, Fiji during a voyage of HMS Challenger.
From the article Octopus vitiensis on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
O. vitiensis is maroon to dark purple-black in color. It has large eyes, a broad head, and arms of moderate length. The species is described as robust and muscular with scattered warts on the skin. O. vitiensis is small, and has a mantle length of up to 60 millimeters and a total length of up to 250 millimeters.
Range & habitat
O. vitiensis is tropical, found in Fiji, Tonga, and Papua New Guinea; and benthic, found at depths of zero to 20 meters.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 699894.