Eledone cirrhosa Curled octopus

Eledone cirrhosa Image width ca 50 cm. Image: Bernard Picton / Joint Nature Conservation Committee

	Phylum	Mollusca
	Class	Cephalopoda

	Habitat Information
	Found on rocky coasts, lower shore, sublittoral.

	Species description
	A broad mantled octopus with a smooth or finely tuberculate body. The arms are slender, finely tapered distally and curled when at rest, with a single row of suckers. The colour is predominantly red-brown dorsally and white ventrally but species are able to change colour quickly to match their background.

	PMF archive information
	Unavailable

	Species name is listed in the PMF at the following locations:
	>Eddystone area

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