Octopus vulgaris
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Species Octopus vulgaris (Common octopus)
A very common octopus in most of its distribution area. Roundish head and body, very mimetic and variable in colours. Long legs with two rows of suction cups underside. Can be confused with Callistoctopus macropus which has longer legs, longish head and body and white spots all over it. Eledone cirrhosa is also very similar, whitish in color, but usually with only one row of suction cups under the legs.
Subspecies
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Species profile
- Is marine
Vernacular names for species Octopus vulgaris
| Language | Name | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | likurishtja, oktapodi i zakonshëm, tetëkëmbëshi | Worms, Worms, Worms |
| Catalan | pop roquer, pop ver, pop roquer | Worms, Worms, Worms |
| Czech | chobotnice pobřežní | Worms |
| Danish | almindelig ottearmet blæksprutte | Worms |
| Dutch; Flemish | gewone achtarm, achtarm, gewone octopus, kraak, gewoone octopus | Worms, Worms, Worms, Worms, Worms |
| English | common octopus, scuttle, common Atlantic octopus, common European octopus | Worms, Worms, Worms, Worms |
| Finnish | meritursas | Worms |
| French | poulpe commun, poulpe de roche, pieuvre, poulpe, pieuvre commune | Worms, Worms, Worms, Worms, Worms |
| Galician | polvo | Worms |
| German | gemeiner Krake, gewöhnlicher Krake, Krake, Gemeiner Octopus, Polyp | Worms, Worms, Worms, Worms, Worms |
| Greek | Χταπόδι | Worms |
| Hassaniyya | azeiz | Worms |
| Italian | polpo di scoglio, polpo comune | Worms, Worms |
| Japanese | ma-dako tako, マダコ | Worms, Worms |
| Polish | ośmiornica zwyczajna | Worms |
| Portuguese | polvo-vulgar, polvo comum | Worms, Worms |
| Russian | obiknovenniy shprot, obiknovenniy osminog | Worms, Worms |
| Spanish | pulpo común, pulpo, pulpo de roca | Worms, Worms, Worms |
| Swedish | attaarmade bläckfiskar | Worms |
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