Brush-tipped octopus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Octopoda |
Family: | Eledonidae |
Genus: | Eledone |
Species: | E. schultzei
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Binomial name | |
Eledone schultzei (
Hoyle, 1910)
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Synonyms | |
Eledone schultzei, the brush-tipped octopus, is a rare species of octopus. [2] It has previously been known by other taxonomic names ( synonyms) including Eledone thysanophora and Aphrodoctopus schultzei. [3]
It is found off the South African coast from Saldanha Bay to Table Bay in less than 10m of water.
The brush-tipped octopus has a round body with eight arms and no shell. Its arms have one row of suckers. Brush-like digitate are found at the end of each of its arms, except for the hectocotylus. [4]
Its habits are mostly unknown, but it feeds on small crustaceans.