Blue-lined Octopus

Blue-lined Octopus

Taxobox
name = Blue-lined octopus


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Cephalopoda
ordo = Octopoda
familia = Octopodidae
genus = "Hapalochlaena"
species = "H. fasciata"
binomial = "Hapalochlaena fasciata"
binomial_authority = Hoyle, 1886
The Blue-lined Octopus ("Hapalochlaena fasciata") is one of 3 (or perhaps 4) species of Blue-ringed octopuses. It is most commonly found around intertidal rocky shores and coastal waters to a depth of 15 m between southern Queensland and southern New South Wales. Its mantle length can grow up to 45 mm. It has an appearance of yellow hide with dark blue or black streaks covering the whole body apart from the underside of its arms.

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