Octopus vulgaris
Date 1904
Source close up https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haeckel_Gamochonia.jpg
Author Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Octopusvulgaris.jpg

The common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) is a mollusc belonging to the faimily Octopodidae. Octopus vulgaris is found in the eastern Atlantic extends from the Mediterranean Sea and the southern coast of England to at least Senegal in Africa. It also occurs off the Azores, Canary Islands, and Cape Verde Islands. The species is also common in the Western Atlantic.