Octopus bimaculatus, the Glossary
Octopus bimaculatus, commonly referred to as Verrill's two-spot octopus, is a similar species to the Octopus bimaculoides, a species it is often mistaken for.[1]
Table of Contents
12 relations: Addison Emery Verrill, Baja California, Bivalvia, California two-spot octopus, Cayucos, California, Chiton, Crustacean, Limpet, Plankton, Point Conception, Predation, Snail.
- Molluscs described in 1883
- Taxa named by Addison Emery Verrill
Addison Emery Verrill
Addison Emery Verrill (February 9, 1839 – December 10, 1926) was an American invertebrate zoologist, museum curator and university professor.
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Baja California
Baja California ('Lower California'), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California (Free and Sovereign State of Baja California), is a state in Mexico.
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Bivalvia
Bivalvia, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts.
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California two-spot octopus
The California two-spot octopus (Octopus bimaculoides), often simply called a "bimac", is an octopus species native to many parts of the Pacific Ocean including the coast of California. Octopus bimaculatus and California two-spot octopus are molluscs of the Pacific Ocean and Octopuses.
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Cayucos, California
Cayucos (Spanish for "Canoe") is an unincorporated coastal town in San Luis Obispo County, California, along California State Route 1 between Cambria to the north and Morro Bay to the south.
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Chiton
Chitons are marine molluscs of varying size in the class Polyplacophora, formerly known as Amphineura.
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Crustacean
Crustaceans are a group of arthropods that are a part of the subphylum Crustacea, a large, diverse group of mainly aquatic arthropods including decapods (shrimps, prawns, crabs, lobsters and crayfish), seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, opossum shrimps, amphipods and mantis shrimp.
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Limpet
Limpets are a group of aquatic snails with a conical shell shape (patelliform) and a strong, muscular foot.
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Plankton
Plankton are the diverse collection of organisms that drift in water (or air) but are unable to actively propel themselves against currents (or wind).
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Point Conception
Point Conception (Chumash: Humqaq) is a headland along the Gaviota Coast in southwestern Santa Barbara County, California, United States.
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Predation
Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey.
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Snail
A snail is a shelled gastropod.
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See also
Molluscs described in 1883
- Anodonta pseudodopsis
- Chambardia wissmanni
- Grimpoteuthis umbellata
- Nectoteuthis pourtalesi
- Octopus bimaculatus
- Opisthoteuthis agassizii
- Rossia brachyura
- Southern blue-ringed octopus
Taxa named by Addison Emery Verrill
- Abatus cordatus
- Acropora paniculata
- Acroporidae
- Actinostola
- Amphiodia
- Brachioteuthis
- Brachioteuthis beanii
- Callopatiria
- Cerithiella
- Coscinasterias
- Coscinasterias muricata
- Ctenactis
- Echinaster spinulosus
- Epiactis
- Epiactis prolifera
- Eudolium bairdii
- Freyella elegans
- Graneledone verrucosa
- Histioteuthidae
- Histioteuthis reversa
- Lepetella
- Leptasterias
- Leptogorgia exigua
- Leptogorgia hebes
- Lytechinus pictus
- Merulinidae
- Meyenaster
- Nectonema
- Octopus bimaculatus
- Opisthoteuthis agassizii
- Orthasterias
- Oscilla somersi
- Patiriella
- Patiriella regularis
- Pavona gigantea
- Placopecten
- Pocillopora capitata
- Pseudoreaster
- Seguenziidae
- Solaster dawsoni
- Solaster stimpsoni
- Stauroteuthis
- Stauroteuthis syrtensis
- Stephanasterias
- Stylasterias
- Verongula
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus_bimaculatus
Also known as The California two-spot octopus, Verrill's Two-spot Octopus.