larger Pacific striped octopus

plural larger Pacific striped octopuses · nonstandard plural larger Pacific striped octopusses · nonstandard plural larger Pacific striped octopi · nonstandard plural larger Pacific striped octopii · plural rare larger Pacific striped octopodes

1. A species of octopus, endemic to bays and coastal waters of the tropical eastern Pacific, that has a striped body and spotted tentacles, and exhibits certain behaviours that distinguish it from other octopuses.

   Unlike other octopus species, which are normally solitary, the larger Pacific striped octopus has been reported as forming groups of up to 40 individuals.

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   Also unlike many other octopus, female Larger Pacific striped octopuses don't die after laying their eggs, instead going on to lay again and again.

   2017, Rebecca Tansley, Big Pacific, Princeton University Press, page 45

   Supporting this latter view, the recently rediscovered Larger Pacific Striped Octopus exhibits a unique hunting behavior that suggests that these animals might have ToM-like cognitive abilities.

   2018, Gül Dölen, “Mind Reading Developed at Least Twice in the Course of Evolution”, in David J. Linden, editor, Think Tank: Forty Neuroscientists Explore the Biological Roots of Human Experience, Yale University Press, page 198

   Synonyms: LPSO