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Octopus cyanea (big blue octopus; day octopus)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Octopus cyanea, also known as the big blue octopus, day octopus and Cyane's octopus, is an octopus in the family Octopodidae. It occurs in both the Pacific and Indian Oceans, from Hawaii to the eastern coast of Africa. O. cyanea grows to 16 cm in mantle length with arms to at least 80 cm. The type specimen was collected off Australia and is at the Natural History Museum in London. \n* \n*
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Prey / Diet

Predators

Carcharhinus melanopterus (Shark)[2]
Globicephala melas (Long-finned Pilot Whale)[1]
Neomonachus schauinslandi (Hawaiian Monk Seal)[3]
Pempheris oualensis (Bronze sweeper)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Clownfish and their Host Anemones ;; NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program
♦ 3CephBase - Cephalopod (Octopus, Squid, Cuttlefish and Nautilus) Database
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0