Biology:Octopus vitiensis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Octopodidae |
| Genus: | Octopus |
| Species: | O. vitiensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Octopus vitiensis Hoyle, 1885
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Octopus vitiensis, or the bighead octopus,[2] is a species of octopus[3] provisionally placed in the genus Octopus.[4] It was described by William Evans Hoyle in 1885[5] based on a specimen found in reefs in Kandavu, Fiji[4] during a voyage of HMS Challenger.[6]
Description
O. vitiensis is maroon to dark purple-black in color.[7] It has large eyes, a broad head, and arms of moderate length.[8] The species is described as robust[7] and muscular[8] with scattered warts on the skin.[6] O. vitiensis is small,[9] and has a mantle length of up to 60 millimeters and a total length of up to 250 millimeters.[4]
Distribution
O. vitiensis is tropical,[10] found in Fiji, Tonga, and Papua New Guinea;[4] and benthic,[10] found at depths of zero to 20 meters.[4]
Life cycle
O. vitiensis lays eggs two millimeters in length.[11]
References
- ↑ Allcock, L.; Headlam, J.; Allen, G. (2018). "Octopus vitiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T162907A952117.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/162907/952117. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ↑ Cole, Theodor C. H. (2017), Cole, Theodor C. H., ed., "IX. Mollusca: Cephalopoda – Kopffüßer – Cephalopods" (in de), Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates: Latein-Deutsch-Englisch (Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer): pp. 157–163, doi:10.1007/978-3-662-52869-3_9, ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3
- ↑ "Octopus vitiensis Hoyle, 1885". 2018-02-07. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342044.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Norman, M. D.; Finn, J. K.; Hochberg, F. G. (2016). "Family Octopodidae". in Jereb, Patrizia (in en). Cephalopods of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Cephalopod Species Known to Date. 3: Octopods and Vampire Squids. Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. p. 215. ISBN 978-92-5-107989-8. https://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/6d398e2d-abf1-57f1-91d5-664b06874ee6/.
- ↑ Hoyle, William E. (1885). "XIX.—Diagnoses of new species of Cephalopoda collected during the cruise of H.M.S. 'Challenger.'—Part I. The Octopoda". Annals and Magazine of Natural History 15 (87): 222–236. doi:10.1080/00222938509459320. ISSN 0374-5481.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Thomson, C. Wyville; Murray, John; Nares, George S.; Thomson, Frank Tourle (1886) (in en). Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 under the command of Captain George S. Nares and the late Captain Frank Tourle Thomson, R.N. Edinburgh, UK: H.M. Stationery Office. https://books.google.com/books?id=QAQTQYSJuuEC.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Huffard, Christine L. (2007). "Four new species of shallow water pygmy octopus (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) from the Kingdom of Tonga". Molluscan Research 27 (3): 147–170. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/263083845.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Ward, Linda A. (2003). "The cephalopods of Guam". Micronesia 35-36: 294–302. https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=f6afef006f1a5fd7d2b46fbf6ecfc890933f258c.
- ↑ Voight, Janet R. (1998). "An Overview of Shallow-Water Octopus Biogeography". in Voss, Nancy A. (in en). Systematics and Biogeography of Cephalopods. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. II. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press. https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/6317/SCtZ-0586_VolII-Lo_res.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=2#page=279.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Octopus vitiensis, Bighead octopus". https://www.sealifebase.ca/summary/Octopus-vitiensis.html.
- ↑ Villanueva, Roger; Norman, Mark D. (2008). "Biology of the Planktonic Stages of Benthic Octopuses". Oceanography and Marine Biology 46: 105–202. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266223304.
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