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Octopus tehuelchus

  • ... that small female Patagonian octopuses usually choose an empty mollusc shell in which to lay their eggs? Source: "Small octopuses Octopus tehuelchus d'Orbigny use the shells of gastropods Zidona dufresnei, Odontocymbiola subnodosa and Buccinanops gradatum, barnacles Balanus sp. and clams Pitar rostratus and Amiantis purpurata."

Created by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 06:11, 29 September 2018 (UTC).