Octopus oliveri
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| Octopus oliveri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Octopodidae |
| Genus: | Octopus |
| Species: | O. oliveri |
| Binomial name | |
| Octopus oliveri (Berry, 1914) | |
Octopus oliveri, is a species of octopus found in the western Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan, Hawaii, and Kermadec Island, in reefs and boulder coasts.[1][2]
It is a small species, roughly 70-260mm in length.[2] Females will take longer to mate, the larger their body size.[2][3] Afterwards, ~5000 eggs will hatch in about five weeks after being laid, and the male/female ratio seems unaffected by temperature. These eggs are laid in strings attached to a hard substrate.[2][4]
