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Introduced
Species
For other Molluscs
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- Octopus pallidus - Pale Octopus
- Picture: MDC
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- Habitat: Sand; 0 - 275 m depth
- Distribution: SA to NSW and around Tasmania
- Maximum Size: Length to 350 mm
- Diet: Bivalves, small fish and other invertebrates
- Comments:
- This has a relatively large body and is reddish
brown to orange in colour. Octopuses have a sack like body and eight
arms covered by suckers. Most live alone, foraging at night and
hiding during the day. They live in lairs often distinguished
by a pile of shells. This species often raises the skin on the body
in relatively long, spiny extensions. These octopus are also caught
commercially in Tasmania using plastic pots left on the sandy bottom
for several days.
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