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The common octopus eggs are carefully cared for.

After the common octopus hatches, it lives among the plankton ecosystem for about a month.

The adult common octopus lays about 500,000 eggs.

• The Common Octopus is found worldwide in the shallow waters of tropical, subtropical, and temperate areas

• The Common Octopus makes their homes in rocks and coral or dig burrows. They scatter rocks and shells (or midden) around their dens to hide them. They leave the dens only to eat or reproduce.

The Common Octopus is carnivorous and preys on crustaceans (crabs) and shellfish (cockles)

The Common Octopus is in turn preyed upon by fish such as the Moray Eel and is eaten in lot of Asian cuisines.

Acknowledgements

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http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=555

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Octopus

http://www.animalfactguide.com/mollusk_commonoctopus.php