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Common Octopus Octopus vulgaris

Classification

Octopodidae [family]
Octopus [genus] (6)
vulgaris [species]

Classification

Octopodidae [family]
Octopus [genus] (6)
vulgaris [species]

Presence

Recorded on
  • Bonaire
  • Curaçao
  • Saba
  • Sint Eustatius
  • Presence status
  • Indigenous (1) - Bonaire
  • Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
  • Indigenous (1) - Saba
  • Indigenous (1) - Sint Eustatius

  • Publications

    • Hewitt, S.J. 2013. Marine mollusks from the island of Saba, Leeward Islands, West Indies. The Festivus 45(8): 67-73.
    • Leeuwen, S. van & Hewitt, S.J. 2016. Molluscs of St. Eustatius. In: Marine biodiversity survey of St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean, 2015. 83-112. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, and ANEMOON Foundation, Bennebroek.
    • Moolenbeek, R.G. 1984. Pickfordiateuthis pulchella [Cephalopoda: Myopsida]; range extension to Bonaire (N.A.). Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 67: 104-106.