Octopus macropus

Atlantic white-spotted octopus

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Octopoda
Family:	Octopodidae
Genus:	Octopus
Species:	O. macropus
Binomial name
*Octopus macropus* Risso, 1826
Synonyms
Octopus alderii Verany, 1851 Octopus bermudensis Hoyle, 1885 Octopus chromatus Heilprin, 1888 Octopus didynamus Rafinesque, 1814 Octopus frayedus Rafinesque, 1814 Octopus granosus Blainville, 1826 Octopus heteropus Rafinesque, 1814 Octopus longimanus Férussac, 1839 in Férussac & d'Orbigny, 1834–1848 Octopus macropodus SanGiovanni, 1829 Octopus verrilli palliata Robson, 1929 Tremoctopus scalenus Hoyle, 1904

Octopus macropus, also known as the Atlantic white-spotted octopus, white-spotted octopus,^[1] grass octopus or grass scuttle, is an octopus species native to at least the Mediterranean Sea.^[1] A similar octopus from the Caribbean Sea has sometimes been identified as O. macropus, although the relationship between the two taxa remains unresolved.^[1]

O. macropus grows to 15 cm in mantle length with the long arms exceeding 1 m.^[1]

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Edible mollusks

Bivalves

Clams	Atlantic jackknife Atlantic surf Geoduck Grooved carpet shell Hard clam Horse Mactra stultorum Blunt gaper Ocean quahog Pacific razor Pecten jacobaeus Venus California butterclam Senilia senilis Smooth clam Soft-shell Triangle shell Tuatua Japanese littleneck Razor clam Pod razor Ensis (razor genus) Paphies

Cockles	Common Blood Goolwa New Zealand

Mussels	Blue Mediterranean New Zealand green-lipped California Brown Asian/Philippine green Date Mytilidae (mussel family)

Oysters	Auckland Eastern Olympia Southern mud Colchester native Pacific Portuguese Windowpane Rock Sydney rock Ostra chilena/Bluff Gillardeau oysters Crassostrea ("true oyster" genus)

Scallops	Atlantic bay Great/king New Zealand Peruvian calico Yesso

Gastropods

Abalone

White
Red
Black
Green
Pink
Blacklip
Green ormer
Pāua (group of three species)
Chilean

Conches

Queen
Dog

Sea	Mud-flat Korean mud Chorus giganteus	Land	Helix aspersa Helix lucorum Helix pomatia

Freshwater	Nerites

Inkfish

Cuttlefish	Spineless Bottletail

Octopus	Common Atlantic white-spotted Big blue Pacific giant Southern red Amphioctopus fangsiao

Squid	New Zealand arrow Japanese flying Humboldt Neon flying

Chitons

Chiton magnificus
Acanthopleura granulata

Related topics: Oyster farming; Land snail farming; Gastropod anatomy; Bivalve anatomy

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Octopus macropus