| Mollusca | Cephalopoda | Octopoda |
| Octopodidae | Octopus | californicus |
| Genus | Species |
BI-2022-03
1
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GR402. See Khen et al. 2022 for details. This specimen was kept alive in the Kaplan Experimental Aquarium; she laid 200 eggs on 2021-05-28 and brooded them for exactly 5 months until her death on 2022-10-28. Hatching occurred beginning 2022-01-07; most of the eggs hatched around 2022-03-01 (pers. comm.); all had hatched by 2022-03-23. Photos of eggs available.
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Off Blacks Beach and Torrey Pines (<1 mile), La Jolla, CA
32.89° N
117.271° W
200.0 - 250.0 m
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line trap
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Ashleigh Palinkas | Phil Zerofski
Adi Khen
formalin sw
EtOH 50%
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See Khen et al. 2022 for details of animal history. Verbatim date: April 2021. Line trap set between 200-250 m depth and <1 mile off the coast of Blacks Beach/Torrey Pines, late April 2021. Approximate coordinates from Google Maps by C. Seid.