Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory (HURL), Hawaii, USA
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Female octopuses reach a mantle length of about 6cm, the mantle of males is smaller
With school children, the question often arises as to which hand the child should write with? Right or left?
This question seems to have been asked and clarified in nature as well. For example, there are right-handed hermit crabs, and it has also been observed in octopuses that they prefer one of their eight arms, although the function of all arms is identical.
more about the topic is the report "Octopuses have a favorite arm - Preference for forelimbs despite equal functionality".
About the biology of the octopus Pteroctopus hoylei is unfortunately almost nothing known, so far not even the prey of the small predator are known.
One reason for this might be the deep distribution of the octopus.
Synonyms:
Berrya hoylei (Berry, 1909)
Danoctopus hoylei (Berry, 1909)
Hapaloctopus albidus Taki, 1962
Octopus hoylei (Berry, 1909)
Octopus hoylei var. annae Robson, 1929
Polypus hoylei Berry, 1909
Pteroctopus albidus (Taki, 1962)
With school children, the question often arises as to which hand the child should write with? Right or left?
This question seems to have been asked and clarified in nature as well. For example, there are right-handed hermit crabs, and it has also been observed in octopuses that they prefer one of their eight arms, although the function of all arms is identical.
more about the topic is the report "Octopuses have a favorite arm - Preference for forelimbs despite equal functionality".
About the biology of the octopus Pteroctopus hoylei is unfortunately almost nothing known, so far not even the prey of the small predator are known.
One reason for this might be the deep distribution of the octopus.
Synonyms:
Berrya hoylei (Berry, 1909)
Danoctopus hoylei (Berry, 1909)
Hapaloctopus albidus Taki, 1962
Octopus hoylei (Berry, 1909)
Octopus hoylei var. annae Robson, 1929
Polypus hoylei Berry, 1909
Pteroctopus albidus (Taki, 1962)
