Octopus oliveri

Octopus oliveri
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]}

References

1. "Octopus oliveri". www.sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
2. Ylitalo, Heather A.; Watling, Les; Toonen, Robert J. (2014-04-03). "First description of hatchlings and eggs of Octopus oliveri (Berry, 1914) (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae)". Molluscan Research. 34 (2): 79–83. Bibcode:2014MollR..34...79Y. doi:10.1080/13235818.2013.860871. ISSN   1323-5818.
3. Ylitalo, Heather; Oliver, Thomas A.; Fernandez-Silva, Iria; Wood, James B.; Toonen, Robert J. (2019-06-07). "A behavioral and genetic study of multiple paternity in a polygamous marine invertebrate, Octopus oliveri". PeerJ. 7 e6927. doi: 10.7717/peerj.6927 . ISSN   2167-8359. PMC   6557246 . PMID   31211008.
4. Ylitalo-Ward, Heather Anne (December 2014). Life history, mating behavior, and multiple paternity in Octopus oliveri (Berry, 1914) (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) (Thesis thesis). [Honolulu] : [University of Hawaii at Manoa], [December 2014]. hdl:10125/101160.

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