Brush-tipped octopus
| Brush-tipped octopus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Suborder: | Incirrina |
| Family: | Octopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Octopodinae |
| Genus: | Eledone |
| Species: | E. schultzei |
| Binomial name | |
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Eledone schultzei (Hoyle, 1910) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Aphrodoctopus carlgreni |
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Aphrodoctopus carlgreni
Aphrodoctopus nigra
Aphrodoctopus schultzei
Eledone carlgreni
Eledone thysanophora
Eledone schultzei, the brush-tipped octopus, is a rare species of octopus. It has previously been known by other taxonomic names (synonyms) including Eledone thysanophora and Aphrodoctopus schultzei.
It is found off the South African coast from Saldanha Bay to Table Bay in less than 10m of water.
The brush-tipped octopus has a round body with eight arms and no shell. Its arms have one row of suckers.
Its habits are mostly unknown, but it feeds on small crustaceans.
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