Greater Blue Ringed Octopus

Hapalochlaena lunulata (Quoy & Gaimard 1832)

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Hapalochlaena lunulata (Greater Blue-ringed Octopus) is a species of Cephalopods in the family Octopodidae. It is a predator. Individuals can grow to 15 cm.

URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q170430
Definition: Organism that obtains food by hunting

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EOL has data for 17 attributes, including:

body length
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CMO_0000013
- Definition: A measurement of the longest dimension of a body, typically between two distinct ends of the body.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: Dorland:Dorlands_Illustrated_Medical_Dictionary--31st_Ed] [database_cross_reference: ISBN:978-1416049982]
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15 cm
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region
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Central Indo-Pacific
habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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aquatic
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002030
- Definition: A habitat that is in or on water
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mineralized tissue contains
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_4000013
- Definition: Component found in mineralized tissue, (a specialized form of biogenic tissue in which the extracellular matrix is mineralized)
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aragonite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_52239
- Definition: Calcium carbonate (CO3Ca), aragonite structure
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produces
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0003000
- Definition: A produces b if some process that occurs_in a has_output b. eg: hybridoma cell line produces monoclonal antibody reagent
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shallow marine sediment
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_03000034
- Definition: Marine sediment that accumulates within shallow regions of the oceanic basin close to continents, such as the continental shelf, or continental slope
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trophic guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild
- Definition: A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)
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predator
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q170430
- Definition: Organism that obtains food by hunting
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water depth
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimDepth
- Definition: The depth of seawater at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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7.5 m

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Greater Blue-ringed Octopus

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