Octopus pallidus, the pale octopus, is a medium-sized species of octopus endemic to the temperate coastal waters of southern Australia. It is the target of a commercial trap fishery in Bass Strait and has been the subject of substantial research into cephalopod reproductive biology, vision and age determination.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Pale Octopus being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Cephalopoda
- Order
- Octopoda
- Family
- Octopodidae
- Genus
- Octopus
- Species
- Octopus pallidus
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