Los Angeles Bioblitz Challenge

order: Octopuses (Octopoda)

2 Observations

photo of Greater Argonaut (Argonauta argo)

species: Greater Argonaut (Argonauta argo)

Observer
dutchbill
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Taxonomy

2 Observed species for Octopuses (Octopoda)

Species Interactions

The species with links are species that have observations.

Eats

Preys on

  • California Spiny Lobster (Panulirus interruptus)
  • Northern Kelp Crab (Pugettia producta)
  • Tegulas (Tegula)
  • California Mussel (Mytilus californianus)
  • Red Abalone (Haliotis rufescens)
  • Giant Keyhole Limpet (Megathura crenulata)
  • California Scorpionfish (Scorpaena guttata)
  • (Cancer)
  • Sheep Crab (Loxorhynchus grandis)
  • (Cypraea spadicea)
  • Three-winged Murex (Pteropurpura trialata)
  • (Mitra idae)
  • Kelp Bass (Paralabrax clathratus)
  • Blacksmith Chromis (Chromis punctipinnis)
  • (Conus californicus)
  • Kellet's Whelk (Kelletia kelletii)
  • (Lithopoma)
  • Pink Abalone (Haliotis corrugata)
  • Pinto Abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana)
  • (Norrisia norrisi)
  • Painted Greenling (Oxylebius pictus)
  • Black Abalone (Haliotis cracherodii)

Eaten by

  • Steller Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus)
  • Human (Homo sapiens)
  • Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
  • European Common Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis)
  • Yellowfin Tuna (Thunnus albacares)
  • California Scorpionfish (Scorpaena guttata)
  • Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)
  • Bocon Toadfish (Amphichthys cryptocentrus)
  • Bearded Toadfish (Sanopus barbatus)
  • Brazilian Reef Octopus (Octopus insularis)
  • Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)
  • Red-spot Night Octopus (Callistoctopus dierythraeus)
  • Spotted Seal (Phoca largha)
  • Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)
  • Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus)
  • Ringed Seal (Pusa hispida)
  • Ribbon Seal (Histriophoca fasciata)
  • Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis)
  • Cape Giant Octopus (Enteroctopus magnificus)
  • Hubb's Octopus (Octopus hubbsorum)
  • Brown Argonaut (Argonauta hians)
  • European Squid (Loligo vulgaris)
  • Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini)
  • Hammer Octopus (Octopus australis)
  • Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris)
  • Baird's Beaked Whale (Berardius bairdii)
  • Long-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas)
  • Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina)
  • Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella)
  • Antarctic Starry Skate (Amblyraja georgiana)
  • (Phalacrocorax atriceps nivalis)
  • Patagonian Toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides)
  • Light-mantled Albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata)
  • Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua)
  • (Leucocarbo atriceps bransfieldensis)
  • (Phalacrocorax atriceps georgianus)
  • Antarctic Toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni)
  • Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)
  • Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii)
  • Gray-headed Albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma)
  • Kerguelen Petrel (Aphrodroma brevirostris)
  • Cape Petrel (Daption capense)
  • Atlantic Mackerel (Scomber scombrus)
  • (Lycodes soldatovi)
  • West Australian Dhufish (Glaucosoma hebraicum)
  • Spotted Moray (Gymnothorax moringa)
  • (Pogonophryne permitini)
  • Spotted Estuary Smooth-hound (Mustelus lenticulatus)
  • Blacktip Grouper (Epinephelus fasciatus)
  • Threadfin Breams (Nemipterus)
  • Northern Wolffish (Anarhichas denticulatus)
  • Pelagic Stingray (Pteroplatytrygon violacea)
  • Dusky Smooth-hound (Mustelus canis)
  • Northern Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus)
  • Rattan Palms (Calamus)
  • Rosy Seabass (Doederleinia berycoides)
  • Blue Shark (Prionace glauca)
  • Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis)
  • Barbeled Houndshark (Leptocharias smithii)
  • Frypan Bream (Argyrops spinifer)
  • Blue-and-yellow Grouper (Epinephelus flavocaeruleus)
  • Snubnose Grouper (Epinephelus macrospilos)
  • Surge Grouper (Epinephelus socialis)
  • Viper Moray (Enchelynassa canina)
  • White-spotted Dogfish (Squalus acanthias)
  • African Softnose Skate (Bathyraja smithii)
  • Goblin Shark (Mitsukurina owstoni)
  • Red Grouper (Epinephelus morio)
  • Longnose Lancetfish (Alepisaurus ferox)
  • Pacific Cod (Gadus macrocephalus)
  • Broadnose Sevengill Shark (Notorynchus cepedianus)
  • Copper Rockfish (Sebastes caurinus)
  • (Bathyraja)
  • Aleutian Skate (Bathyraja aleutica)
  • Grey Snapper (Lutjanus griseus)
  • Indo-pacific Blue Marlin (Makaira mazara)
  • Swordfish (Xiphias gladius)
  • Southern Whiptail (Coelorinchus australis)
  • Spotted Skate (Raja montagui)
  • Thornback Skate (Raja clavata)
  • Cuckoo Skate (Leucoraja naevus)
  • Greenland Halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)
  • Purplemouth Moray (Gymnothorax vicinus)
  • Portuguese Dogfish (Centroscymnus coelolepis)
  • Northern Rock Sole (Lepidopsetta polyxystra)
  • Darkfin Sculpin (Malacocottus zonurus)
  • Spinyhead Sculpin (Dasycottus setiger)
  • Irish Lords (Hemilepidotus)
  • Whitebar Eelpout (Lycodes albolineatus)
  • Tawnystripe Eelpout (Lycodes brunneofasciatus)
  • Beardfish (Polymixia lowei)
  • Western Softhead Grenadier (Malacocephalus occidentalis)
  • Narrowlined Puffer (Arothron manilensis)
  • Yellowstripe Goatfish (Mulloidichthys flavolineatus)
  • Barracudas (Sphyraena)
  • Japanese Topeshark (Hemitriakis japanica)
  • Mackerel Tuna (Euthynnus affinis)
  • Ebony Eelpout (Lycodes concolor)
  • Starspotted Smooth-hound (Mustelus manazo)
  • Broadfin Sawtail Catshark (Galeus nipponensis)

Preyed upon by

  • California Scorpionfish (Scorpaena guttata)
  • Olive Rockfish (Sebastes serranoides)
  • Kelp Greenling (Hexagrammos decagrammus)
  • Gopher Rockfish (Sebastes carnatus)
  • California Sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher)
  • Kelp Bass (Paralabrax clathratus)
  • Cabezon (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus)
  • Giant Sea Bass (Stereolepis gigas)
  • Sheep Crab (Loxorhynchus grandis)
  • Lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus)
  • Kelp Rockfish (Sebastes atrovirens)
  • Black-and-yellow Rockfish (Sebastes chrysomelas)
  • Sand Bass (Paralabrax nebulifer)
  • Copper Rockfish (Sebastes caurinus)
  • Leopard Shark (Triakis semifasciata)
  • Antarctic Prion (Pachyptila desolata)
  • Black Rockcod (Notothenia coriiceps)
  • (Macrourus whitsoni)
  • (Abyssorchomene nodimanus)
  • Antarctic Toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni)
  • Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii)
  • (Macrourus holotrachis)
  • Marine Otter (Lontra felina)
  • South American Sea Lion (Otaria byronia)

Species interaction data comes from GloBI.

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