| Curled octopus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Eledonidae |
| Genus: | Eledone |
| Species: | E. cirrhosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Eledone cirrhosa | |
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The curled octopus (Eledone cirrhosa), also known as the horned octopus,[4] lesser octopus or northern octopus,[5] is a species of cephalopod found in the northeast Atlantic, ranging from Norway to the Mediterranean, including the British Isles. The total length of an adult is around 50 cm, but their arms are often tightly curled. It immobilises and eats large crustaceans by drilling a hole through their shell. It is mainly by-catch in commercial fisheries of the north eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, where the common octopus is the preferred species.
- ^ Allcock, L.; Taite, M.; Headlam, J.; Allen, G. (2018). "Eledone cirrhosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T163307A995942. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T163307A995942.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Eledone cirrhosa (Lamarck, 1798)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ S. Gofas (2004). "Eledone cirrhosa (Lamarck, 1798)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
- ^ "Eledone cirrhosa (Lamarck, 1798)". Adriamed. FAO. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
- ^ "Curled octopus (Eledone cirrhosa)". Wildscreen Arkive. Wildscreen. Archived from the original on 2016-12-24. Retrieved 24 December 2016.