Greater Blue-ringed Octopus
- Greater Blue-ringed Octopus
Taxobox
name = Greater Blue-ringed Octopus
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
ordo = Octopoda
familia = Octopodidae
genus = "Hapalochlaena"
species = "H. lunulata"
binomial = "Hapalochlaena lunulata"
binomial_authority = Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
The Greater Blue-ringed Octopus ("Hapalochlaena lunulata") is one of three (or perhaps four) species of blue-ringed octopuses. Unlike its southern brethren, the Blue-lined and Southern Blue-ringed octopuses that are found only in Australian waters, the range of the Greater Blue-ringed Octopus spans the tropical western Pacific Ocean. Greater Blue-ringed Octopuses can weigh between 10 and 100 grams, though the average is 55 g.
External links
* [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Hapalochlaena_lunulata.html Animal Diversity Web]
* [http://pharyngula.org/comments/638_0_1_0_C/ Greater Blue-Ringed Octopus reproduction]
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