Eledone cirrhosa Curled octopus |
Eledone cirrhosa Image width ca 50 cm. Image: Bernard Picton / Joint Nature Conservation Committee |
Phylum | Mollusca | |
Class | Cephalopoda |
Habitat Information | |
Found on rocky coasts, lower shore, sublittoral. |
Species description | |
A broad mantled octopus with a smooth or finely tuberculate body. The arms are slender, finely tapered distally and curled when at rest, with a single row of suckers. The colour is predominantly red-brown dorsally and white ventrally but species are able to change colour quickly to match their background. |
PMF archive information | |
Unavailable |
Species name is listed in the PMF at the following locations: | |
>Eddystone area |