English: Octopus vulgaris Lam., Naples :
A, at rest ; B, in motion; f, funnel, the arrow showing the direction of the propelling current of water
Subject: Octopus (Genus), Common octopus
Tag: Mollusks
Date 1895
Author A. H. Cooke (Alfred Hands Cooke, 1845–1904); Arthur Shipley (1861–1927); Frederick R. C. Reed (Frederick Richard Cowper Reed, 1869–1946)
Source/Photographer English: Cooke, A. H .; Shipley, A. E .; Reed, F. R. C. (1895) Molluscs, Cambridge Natural History, v.3, London: Macmillan and Co.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMIB_48744_Octopus_vulgaris_Lam,_Naples_-.jpeg

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.