Bathypolypus arcticus North Atlantic octopus

Bathypolypus arcticus is commonly referred to as North Atlantic octopus. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

13069 

AphiaID:

140596 

Scientific:

Bathypolypus arcticus 

German:

Nordatlantischer Oktopus 

English:

North Atlantic Octopus 

Category:

Cephalopoda 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Octopoda (Order) > Bathypolypodidae (Family) > Bathypolypus (Genus) > arcticus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Prosch, ), 1849 

Occurrence:

Russland, the North Sea, Alaska East Coast USA, Arctic (North Polar Sea), Canada Western Atlantic, East cost of USA, European Coasts, Florida, Greenland, Gulf of Maine, Iceland, Labrador Península, Newfoundland, North Atlantic Ocean, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Islands, Scandinavia, Spain, Spitsbergen /Svalbard, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, the Isle of Man, West-Atlantic Ocean 

Marine Zone:

Hemipelagial
Lightless depth range of 800 - 2400 meters 

Sea depth:

0 - 1600 Meter 

Size:

2.36" - 3.94" (6cm - 10cm) 

Weight:

400 g 

Temperature:

35.6 °F - 75.2 °F (2°C - 24°C) 

Food:

Clams, Crustaceans, Predatory, Zoobenthos 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Bathypolypus arcticus
  Nordatlantischer Oktopus
• Bathypolypus bairdii
• Bathypolypus ergasticus
• Bathypolypus pugniger
• Bathypolypus rubrostictus
• Bathypolypus sponsalis
• Bathypolypus valdiviae

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2020-06-04 19:32:12 

Last edit:

2025-12-19 22:30:16 

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