We aimed to develop alternative fishing gear for catching the common octopus, to decrease the use of bait and operating costs in comparison to commercial net pots. A tubular-type pot was designed, and behavioral responses of the common octopus were experimentally monitored in tank and replicated 10 times to compare fishing performances between 300 experimental and 300 commercial net pots in the...

 The effects of seasons on lipid and fatty acid profiles of muscle types (mantle and arm) of Mediterranean octopuses (common octopus-Octopus vulgaris and musky octopus-Eledone moschata) were investigated. The results showed that lipid levels ranged from 0.75% to 1.60% in both muscle types of octopuses which were considered as lean. Lipid levels in mantle tissues of both octopus species w...

The eye of a cephalopod is well-known example convergent evolution and resembles the vertebrate eye. Although cephalopods vertebrates exhibit similar form function, they differ in visual origin structure. common long-arm octopus ( Octopus minor ) good model system evolutionary developmental studies due to its highly centralized nervous system, shorter life cycle, specific camera-type eyes that ...