Hapalochlaena maculosa Blue-ringed octopus

Hapalochlaena maculosa is commonly referred to as Blue-ringed octopus. Difficulty in the aquarium: Only for advanced aquarists. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Highly toxic.

Profile

lexID:

809 

AphiaID:

342334 

Scientific:

Hapalochlaena maculosa 

German:

Blauringkrake 

English:

Blue-ringed Octopus 

Category:

Blæksprutter 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Octopoda (Order) > Octopodidae (Family) > Hapalochlaena (Genus) > maculosa (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Hoyle, ), 1883 

Occurrence:

Australia, Endemic species, New South Wales (Australia), South Australia, Tasmania (Australia), Western Australia 

Sea depth:

1 - 50 Meter 

Size:

1.97" - 2.36" (5cm - 6cm) 

Temperature:

71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Crabs, Edible crab, Hermit crabs 

Tank:

22 gal (~ 100L)  

Difficulty:

Only for advanced aquarists 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Highly toxic 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Least concern (LC)  

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Hapalochlaena fasciata
  Blaugestreifter Krake
• 
  Hapalochlaena lunulata
  Großer Blauringkrake
• 
  Hapalochlaena maculosa
  Blauringkrake
• 
  Hapalochlaena nierstraszi
  Blauring-Krake

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2004-09-18 15:14:46 

Last edit:

2018-12-22 07:34:48 

Toxicity

Hapalochlaena maculosa is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Hapalochlaena maculosa, inform yourself about the poison and its effects before buying. Keep a note with the telephone number of the poison emergency call and all necessary information about the animal next to your aquarium so that you can be helped quickly in an emergency.
The telephone numbers of the poison emergency call can be found here:
[overview_and_url_DE]
Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

This message appears for poisonous, very poisonous and also animals whose poison can kill you immediately. Every human reacts differently to poisons. Please therefore weigh the risk for yourself AND your environment very carefully, and never act lightly!

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