Octopus briareus Caribbean reef octopus

Octopus briareus is commonly referred to as Caribbean reef octopus. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profile

lexID:

7017 

AphiaID:

341954 

Scientific:

Octopus briareus 

German:

Karibischer Riffkrake 

English:

Caribbean Reef Octopus 

Category:

Cephalopoda 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Octopoda (Order) > Octopodidae (Family) > Octopus (Genus) > briareus (Species) 

Initial determination:

Robson, 1929 

Occurrence:

Guadeloupe, Suriname, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Canada Eastern Pacific, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East cost of USA, Florida, French Guiana, Grenada, Gulf of Mexico, Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Jamaica, Mexico (East Pacific), Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, South America, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean 

Sea depth:

0 - 20 Meter 

Size:

15.75" - 39.37" (40cm - 100cm) 

Weight:

1.5 kg 

Temperature:

79.88 °F - 82.76 °F (26.6°C - 28.2°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Crabs, Fish (little fishes), Lobster, Mantis shrimps, Nekton, Rock lobster, Rock shrimps, Schrimps, Worms, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for home aquaria! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

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• Octopus bimaculatus
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• 
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Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-04-14 19:35:08 

Last edit:

2022-10-03 02:03:52 

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