{"id":351,"date":"2019-11-04T11:56:35","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T11:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pavclients.com\/moalboal\/?post_type=product&#038;p=351"},"modified":"2020-06-04T07:09:25","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T07:09:25","slug":"greater-blue-ringed-octopus","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/reefspecies.com\/moalboal\/species\/greater-blue-ringed-octopus\/","title":{"rendered":"Greater blue-ringed octopus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rdp-we-main\" data-resource=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greater_blue-ringed_octopus\">\n<div id=\"rdp-we-mw-aria-live-region\" class=\"mw-aria-live-region\" aria-live=\"polite\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"vector-header-container\">\n\t<header class=\"vector-header mw-header no-font-mode-scale\">\n\t\t<div class=\"vector-header-start\">\n\t\t\t<nav class=\"vector-main-menu-landmark\" aria-label=\"Site\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div id=\"rdp-we-vector-main-menu-dropdown\" class=\"vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown 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id=\"rdp-we-toc-Reproduction\"\n\t\tclass=\"vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded\">\n\t\t<a class=\"vector-toc-link\" href=\"#Reproduction\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-toc-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vector-toc-numb\">5<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Reproduction<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul id=\"rdp-we-toc-Reproduction-sublist\" class=\"vector-toc-list\">\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li id=\"rdp-we-toc-Potential_danger\"\n\t\tclass=\"vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded\">\n\t\t<a class=\"vector-toc-link\" href=\"#Potential_danger\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-toc-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vector-toc-numb\">6<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Potential danger<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul id=\"rdp-we-toc-Potential_danger-sublist\" class=\"vector-toc-list\">\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li id=\"rdp-we-toc-Genetics\"\n\t\tclass=\"vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded\">\n\t\t<a class=\"vector-toc-link\" href=\"#Genetics\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-toc-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vector-toc-numb\">7<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Genetics<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul id=\"rdp-we-toc-Genetics-sublist\" class=\"vector-toc-list\">\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li id=\"rdp-we-toc-References\"\n\t\tclass=\"vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded\">\n\t\t<a class=\"vector-toc-link\" href=\"#References\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-toc-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vector-toc-numb\">8<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span>References<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul id=\"rdp-we-toc-References-sublist\" class=\"vector-toc-list\">\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n\t<li id=\"rdp-we-toc-External_links\"\n\t\tclass=\"vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded\">\n\t\t<a class=\"vector-toc-link\" href=\"#External_links\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-toc-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"vector-toc-numb\">9<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span>External links<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<ul id=\"rdp-we-toc-External_links-sublist\" class=\"vector-toc-list\">\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"mw-content-container\">\n\t\t\t<main id=\"rdp-we-content\" class=\"mw-body\">\n\t\t\t\t<header class=\"mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar no-font-mode-scale\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"Contents\" class=\"vector-toc-landmark\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div id=\"rdp-we-vector-page-titlebar-toc\" class=\"vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left\"  title=\"Table of Contents\" >\n\t<input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rdp-we-vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox\" role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-event-name=\"ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc\" class=\"vector-dropdown-checkbox\"  aria-label=\"Toggle the table of contents\"  >\n\t<label id=\"rdp-we-vector-page-titlebar-toc-label\" for=\"vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox\" class=\"vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\"  ><span class=\"vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet\"><\/span>\n\n<span class=\"vector-dropdown-label-text\">Toggle the table of contents<\/span>\n\t<\/label>\n\t<div class=\"vector-dropdown-content\">\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rdp-we-vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container\" class=\"vector-unpinned-container\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div id=\"rdp-we-p-lang-btn\" class=\"vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang\"  >\n\t<input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rdp-we-p-lang-btn-checkbox\" role=\"button\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-event-name=\"ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn\" class=\"vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector\" aria-label=\"Go to an article in another language. Available in 17 languages\"   >\n\t<label id=\"rdp-we-p-lang-btn-label\" for=\"p-lang-btn-checkbox\" class=\"vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-17\" aria-hidden=\"true\"  ><span class=\"vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive\"><\/span>\n\n<span class=\"vector-dropdown-label-text\">17 languages<\/span>\n\t<\/label>\n\t<div class=\"vector-dropdown-content\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"vector-menu-content\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"vector-menu-content-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ar.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%B7%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B7_%D8%A3%D8%B2%D8%B1%D9%82_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%87%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A\" title=\"\u0623\u062e\u0637\u0628\u0648\u0637 \u0623\u0632\u0631\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0644\u0642\u0627\u062a \u0647\u0644\u0627\u0644\u064a \u2013 Arabic\" lang=\"ar\" hreflang=\"ar\" data-title=\"\u0623\u062e\u0637\u0628\u0648\u0637 \u0623\u0632\u0631\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0644\u0642\u0627\u062a \u0647\u0644\u0627\u0644\u064a\" data-language-autonym=\"\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629\" data-language-local-name=\"Arabic\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arz.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%B7%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B7_%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%B1%D9%82_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%87%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%89\" title=\"\u0627\u062e\u0637\u0628\u0648\u0637 \u0627\u0632\u0631\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0644\u0642\u0627\u062a \u0647\u0644\u0627\u0644\u0649 \u2013 Egyptian Arabic\" lang=\"arz\" hreflang=\"arz\" data-title=\"\u0627\u062e\u0637\u0628\u0648\u0637 \u0627\u0632\u0631\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0644\u0642\u0627\u062a \u0647\u0644\u0627\u0644\u0649\" data-language-autonym=\"\u0645\u0635\u0631\u0649\" data-language-local-name=\"Egyptian Arabic\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>\u0645\u0635\u0631\u0649<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/azb.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%D8%A8%D8%A4%DB%8C%D9%88%DA%A9_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A2%D9%87%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%DA%86%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A7\" title=\"\u0628\u0624\u06cc\u0648\u06a9 \u0645\u0627\u0648\u06cc \u0647\u0627\u0644\u06a9\u0627\u0644\u06cc \u0622\u0647\u062a\u0627\u067e\u0648\u062a\u0647\u0627\u067e\u0627\u0644\u0648\u0686\u0644\u0627\u0646\u0627 \u0644\u0648\u0646\u0648\u0644\u0627\u062a\u0627 \u2013 South Azerbaijani\" lang=\"azb\" hreflang=\"azb\" data-title=\"\u0628\u0624\u06cc\u0648\u06a9 \u0645\u0627\u0648\u06cc \u0647\u0627\u0644\u06a9\u0627\u0644\u06cc \u0622\u0647\u062a\u0627\u067e\u0648\u062a\u0647\u0627\u067e\u0627\u0644\u0648\u0686\u0644\u0627\u0646\u0627 \u0644\u0648\u0646\u0648\u0644\u0627\u062a\u0627\" data-language-autonym=\"\u062a\u06c6\u0631\u06a9\u062c\u0647\" data-language-local-name=\"South Azerbaijani\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>\u062a\u06c6\u0631\u06a9\u062c\u0647<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ceb.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hapalochlaena_lunulata\" title=\"Hapalochlaena lunulata \u2013 Cebuano\" lang=\"ceb\" hreflang=\"ceb\" data-title=\"Hapalochlaena lunulata\" data-language-autonym=\"Cebuano\" data-language-local-name=\"Cebuano\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>Cebuano<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cs.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chobotnice_krou%C5%BEkovan%C3%A1\" title=\"Chobotnice krou\u017ekovan\u00e1 \u2013 Czech\" lang=\"cs\" hreflang=\"cs\" data-title=\"Chobotnice krou\u017ekovan\u00e1\" data-language-autonym=\"\u010ce\u0161tina\" data-language-local-name=\"Czech\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>\u010ce\u0161tina<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hapalochlaena_lunulata\" title=\"Hapalochlaena lunulata \u2013 Spanish\" lang=\"es\" hreflang=\"es\" data-title=\"Hapalochlaena lunulata\" data-language-autonym=\"Espa\u00f1ol\" data-language-local-name=\"Spanish\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>Espa\u00f1ol<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hapalochlaena_lunulata\" title=\"Hapalochlaena lunulata \u2013 French\" lang=\"fr\" hreflang=\"fr\" data-title=\"Hapalochlaena lunulata\" data-language-autonym=\"Fran\u00e7ais\" data-language-local-name=\"French\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>Fran\u00e7ais<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/he.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%D7%AA%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9F-%D7%9B%D7%97%D7%95%D7%9C-%D7%98%D7%91%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%92%D7%93%D7%95%D7%9C\" title=\"\u05ea\u05de\u05e0\u05d5\u05df-\u05db\u05d7\u05d5\u05dc-\u05d8\u05d1\u05e2\u05d5\u05ea \u05d2\u05d3\u05d5\u05dc \u2013 Hebrew\" lang=\"he\" hreflang=\"he\" data-title=\"\u05ea\u05de\u05e0\u05d5\u05df-\u05db\u05d7\u05d5\u05dc-\u05d8\u05d1\u05e2\u05d5\u05ea \u05d2\u05d3\u05d5\u05dc\" data-language-autonym=\"\u05e2\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05ea\" data-language-local-name=\"Hebrew\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>\u05e2\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05ea<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hapalochlaena_lunulata\" title=\"Hapalochlaena lunulata \u2013 Italian\" lang=\"it\" hreflang=\"it\" data-title=\"Hapalochlaena lunulata\" data-language-autonym=\"Italiano\" data-language-local-name=\"Italian\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>Italiano<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nl.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grote_blauwring-octopus\" title=\"Grote blauwring-octopus \u2013 Dutch\" lang=\"nl\" hreflang=\"nl\" data-title=\"Grote blauwring-octopus\" data-language-autonym=\"Nederlands\" data-language-local-name=\"Dutch\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>Nederlands<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pt.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hapalochlaena_lunulata\" title=\"Hapalochlaena lunulata \u2013 Portuguese\" lang=\"pt\" hreflang=\"pt\" data-title=\"Hapalochlaena lunulata\" data-language-autonym=\"Portugu\u00eas\" data-language-local-name=\"Portuguese\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>Portugu\u00eas<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ru.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3\" title=\"\u0411\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0448\u043e\u0439 \u0441\u0438\u043d\u0435\u043a\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0447\u0430\u0442\u044b\u0439 \u043e\u0441\u044c\u043c\u0438\u043d\u043e\u0433 \u2013 Russian\" lang=\"ru\" hreflang=\"ru\" data-title=\"\u0411\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0448\u043e\u0439 \u0441\u0438\u043d\u0435\u043a\u043e\u043b\u044c\u0447\u0430\u0442\u044b\u0439 \u043e\u0441\u044c\u043c\u0438\u043d\u043e\u0433\" data-language-autonym=\"\u0420\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439\" data-language-local-name=\"Russian\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>\u0420\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sv.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hapalochlaena_lunulata\" title=\"Hapalochlaena lunulata \u2013 Swedish\" lang=\"sv\" hreflang=\"sv\" data-title=\"Hapalochlaena lunulata\" data-language-autonym=\"Svenska\" data-language-local-name=\"Swedish\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>Svenska<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vi.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/B%E1%BA%A1ch_tu%E1%BB%99c_%C4%91%E1%BB%91m_xanh_l%E1%BB%9Bn\" title=\"B\u1ea1ch tu\u1ed9c \u0111\u1ed1m xanh l\u1edbn \u2013 Vietnamese\" lang=\"vi\" hreflang=\"vi\" data-title=\"B\u1ea1ch tu\u1ed9c \u0111\u1ed1m xanh l\u1edbn\" data-language-autonym=\"Ti\u1ebfng Vi\u1ec7t\" data-language-local-name=\"Vietnamese\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>Ti\u1ebfng Vi\u1ec7t<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/war.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hapalochlaena_lunulata\" title=\"Hapalochlaena lunulata \u2013 Waray\" lang=\"war\" hreflang=\"war\" data-title=\"Hapalochlaena lunulata\" data-language-autonym=\"Winaray\" data-language-local-name=\"Waray\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>Winaray<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zh-yue.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%E8%97%8D%E5%9C%88%E5%85%AB%E7%88%AA%E9%AD%9A\" title=\"\u85cd\u5708\u516b\u722a\u9b5a \u2013 Cantonese\" lang=\"yue\" hreflang=\"yue\" data-title=\"\u85cd\u5708\u516b\u722a\u9b5a\" data-language-autonym=\"\u7cb5\u8a9e\" data-language-local-name=\"Cantonese\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>\u7cb5\u8a9e<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zh.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%E5%A4%A7%E8%97%8D%E7%92%B0%E7%AB%A0%E9%AD%9A\" title=\"\u5927\u85cd\u74b0\u7ae0\u9b5a \u2013 Chinese\" lang=\"zh\" hreflang=\"zh\" data-title=\"\u5927\u85cd\u74b0\u7ae0\u9b5a\" data-language-autonym=\"\u4e2d\u6587\" data-language-local-name=\"Chinese\" class=\"interlanguage-link-target wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><span>\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"after-portlet after-portlet-lang\"><span class=\"wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link\">Edit links<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-page-toolbar vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref--excluded\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-page-toolbar-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rdp-we-left-navigation\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"Namespaces\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div id=\"rdp-we-p-associated-pages\" class=\"vector-menu vector-menu-tabs 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id=\"rdp-we-bodyContent\" class=\"vector-body\" aria-labelledby=\"firstHeading\" data-mw-ve-target-container>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vector-body-before-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"rdp-we-mw-content-text\" class=\"mw-body-content\"><div class=\"mw-subjectpageheader\">\n<\/div><div class=\"mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><div class=\"shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux\" style=\"display:none\">Species of venomous cephalopod<\/div>\n<p class=\"mw-empty-elt\">\n<\/p>\n\n<p>The <b>greater blue-ringed octopus<\/b> (<i><b>Hapalochlaena lunulata<\/b><\/i>) is one of four <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Species\" title=\"Species\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">species<\/a> of extremely <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venomous\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Venomous\" target=\"_new\">venomous<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blue-ringed_octopus\" title=\"Blue-ringed octopus\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">blue-ringed octopuses<\/a> belonging to the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Family_(taxonomy)\" title=\"Family (taxonomy)\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">family<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Octopodidae\" title=\"Octopodidae\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Octopodidae<\/a>. This particular species of blue-ringed octopus is known as one of the most toxic marine animals in the world.\n<\/p>\n<meta property=\"mw:PageProp\/toc\" \/>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\"><h2 id=\"rdp-we-Description\">Description<\/h2><\/div>\n<p>The greater blue-ringed octopus, despite its vernacular name, is a small octopus whose size does not exceed 10 centimetres (3.9&#160;in), arms included, with an average weight of 80 grams (2.8&#160;oz). Its common name comes from the relatively large size of its blue rings (7 to 8 millimetres [0.28 to 0.31&#160;in] in diameter), which are larger than those of other members of the genus and help to distinguish this type of octopus. The head is slightly flattened dorsoventrally (front to back) and finished in a tip. Its eight arms are relatively short.\n<\/p><p>There are variable ring patterns on the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mantle_(mollusc)\" title=\"Mantle (mollusc)\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">mantle<\/a> of <i>Hapalochlaena lunulata<\/i> with varied coloration in correlation to their ambient environment, from yellow ocher to light brown or even white-ish (when inactive). The blue rings, which number around 60, are spread throughout the entirety of its skin. The rings are roughly circular in shape and are based on a darker blotch than the background color of the skin. A black line, with thickness varying to increase contrast and visibility, borders the electric blue circles. The blue rings are an <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aposematism\" title=\"Aposematism\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">aposematic<\/a> adornment to clearly show to all potential predators that the octopus is highly venomous. The octopus also has characteristic blue lines running through its eyes.\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"mw-halign-left\" typeof=\"mw:File\/Thumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Variable_ring_patterns_on_mantles_of_the_blue-ringed_octopus_Hapalochlaena_lunulata.png\" class=\"mw-file-description wiki-link\" target=\"_new\"><img src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/d6\/Variable_ring_patterns_on_mantles_of_the_blue-ringed_octopus_Hapalochlaena_lunulata.png\/500px-Variable_ring_patterns_on_mantles_of_the_blue-ringed_octopus_Hapalochlaena_lunulata.png\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mw-file-element\" style=\"width: 100%;max-width: 400px;height: auto;\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Variable ring patterns on mantles of <i>Hapalochlaena lunulata<\/i><sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-1\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>1<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading3\"><h3 id=\"rdp-we-Flashing_behavior\">Flashing behavior<\/h3><\/div>\n<p>The octopus usually flashes its iridescent rings as a warning signal, each flash lasting around a third of a second. To test the theory if blue-ringed octopuses could produce their own blue iridescence, scientists bathed the octopus samples in a wide range of chemicals that were known to affect <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chromatophore\" title=\"Chromatophore\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">chromatophores<\/a> and iridophores. It was found that none of the chemicals used affected the octopuses' ability to produce its blue rings. It was also found that after examining the blue rings (specifically the iridophores) were seen to shift to the UV end of the spectrum which is a defining characteristic of multi-layer reflectors. It was also found that the iridophores are nicely tucked into the modified skin folds, kind of like pouches, which could be contracted by the muscles that connect the center of each ring to the rim. When the muscles then relax, the muscles around the perimeter of the ring contract which in turn causes the pouch to open to expose the iridescent flash. The octopus can then expand the brown chromatophores on either side of its ring to enhance the contrast of its iridescence. After all of the testing was complete, it was determined that the muscle contracting mechanisms was key to how the blue-ringed octopus portrayed its iridescent signaling success.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-2\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-2\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>2<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\"><h2 id=\"rdp-we-Distribution_and_habitat\">Distribution and habitat<\/h2><\/div>\n<p>The greater blue-ringed octopus is a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Benthic\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Benthic\" target=\"_new\">benthic<\/a> animal that has a solitary way of life and is widespread throughout the tropical and subtropical waters of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indo-West_Pacific\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Indo-West Pacific\" target=\"_new\">Indo-West Pacific<\/a>, from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sri_Lanka\" title=\"Sri Lanka\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Sri Lanka<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philippines\" title=\"Philippines\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Philippines<\/a> and from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Australia\" title=\"Australia\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Australia<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Papua_New_Guinea\" title=\"Papua New Guinea\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Papua New Guinea<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Solomon_Islands\" title=\"Solomon Islands\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Solomon Islands<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vanuatu\" title=\"Vanuatu\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Vanuatu<\/a>. The animal prefers shallow waters with a mixed seabed (such as rubble, reefs and sandy areas). As is true for all octopuses, it lives in a burrow and only comes out to search for food or a mate. The entrance of the shelter is littered with remains from meals (empty shells and crab shell and legs) and is easily identifiable.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-3\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-3\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>3<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\"><h2 id=\"rdp-we-Diet\">Diet<\/h2><\/div>\n<p>The blue-ringed octopus diet typically consists of small <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crab\" title=\"Crab\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">crabs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shrimp\" title=\"Shrimp\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">shrimp<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mollusk\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Mollusk\" target=\"_new\">mollusks<\/a>.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-animaldiversity.org&#95;4-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-animaldiversity.org-4\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>4<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> They also tend to take advantage of small injured <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fish\" title=\"Fish\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">fish<\/a> if they can catch them. Its known hunting behavior consists of pouncing on its prey, seizing it with its arms, and then pulling it towards its mouth. It uses its <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cephalopod_beak\" title=\"Cephalopod beak\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">horny beak<\/a> to pierce through the tough crab or shrimp <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Exoskeleton\" title=\"Exoskeleton\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">exoskeleton<\/a>, releasing its venom. The venom paralyzes the muscles required for movement, which effectively kills the prey.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\"><h2 id=\"rdp-we-Sex_identification_and_mating_behavior\">Sex identification and mating behavior<\/h2><\/div>\n<p>The initiation of physical contact is completely independent from sex, size, or residency status which left no notable changes of behavior based on sex alone. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spermatophore\" title=\"Spermatophore\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">spermatophores<\/a> are only released during sexual interaction with females but not with males which indicates that upon copulation, the male can distinguish the difference on whether to inseminate or not. The copulation times between male-female are roughly 160.5 minutes, while the copulation times with the male-male interactions lasted about 30 seconds. Ultimately the studies that were conducted determined that until copulation occurs, prior to insertion of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hectocotylus\" title=\"Hectocotylus\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">hectocotylus<\/a>, the male cannot determine the difference in sex.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\"><h2 id=\"rdp-we-Reproduction\">Reproduction<\/h2><\/div>\n<p>The breeding season varies according to geographical area. The female lays between 60 and 100 eggs, which are kept under the female's arms during the incubation period, which lasts about a month. Newborns have a brief planktonic development passage before settling on the seabed.\n<\/p><p>The mating ritual begins when a male approaches a female and begins to caress her with his modified arm, the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hectocotylus\" title=\"Hectocotylus\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">hectocotylus<\/a>. Males then climb on the female's back, at times completely engulfing the female's mantle obstructing her vision. The hectocotylus is inserted under the mantle of the female and spermatophores are released into the female's oviduct. Males die after mating. The female then lays between 50 and 100 eggs and guards them by carrying them under her arm until they hatch about 50 days later into planktonic paralarvae. The female then dies as she refuses to eat while she guards her eggs. The blue-ringed octopus is about the size of a pea when hatched then grows to reach the size of a golf ball as an adult. They mature quickly and begin mating the following autumn. Their average lifespan is about 2 years.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\"><h2 id=\"rdp-we-Potential_danger\">Potential danger<\/h2><\/div>\n<p>The greater blue-ringed octopus is capable of inflicting a deadly bite to its predators that can potentially be fatal to humans. Octopuses from genus <i>Hapalochlaena<\/i> have two kinds of venom glands that impregnate their saliva. One is used to immobilize the hunted <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crustaceans\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Crustaceans\" target=\"_new\">crustaceans<\/a> before eating them. The second, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tetrodotoxin\" title=\"Tetrodotoxin\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">tetrodotoxin<\/a>, is used for defense and is found in several other sea creatures such as <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pufferfish\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Pufferfish\" target=\"_new\">pufferfish<\/a>. Tetrodotoxin, also known as TTX, is secreted from the posterior salivary glands which is connected to the beak. The greater blue-ringed octopus is known as one of the most venomous marine animals in the entire world. For humans, the minimal lethal dose of tetrodotoxin is estimated to be about 10,000 MU, which is about 2 milligrams (0.031&#160;gr) in crystal form. TTX does not decompose during heating or boiling and there is no known antidote or antitoxin for this toxin. It is believed that the TTX serves as a hunting tool for paralyzing prey as well as a defense mechanism to other predators.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-5\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-5\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>5<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> This toxin is a powerful <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neurotoxin\" title=\"Neurotoxin\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">neurotoxin<\/a> and a strong paralytic. The bite is painless to humans but effects appear any time between 15 and 30 minutes and up to four hours, though the rate of onset of symptoms varies by individual, and children are more sensitive to the toxins.\n<\/p><p>The first phase of the poisoning is characterized by facial and extremity <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paresthesia\" title=\"Paresthesia\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">paresthesia<\/a>, and the victim feels tingling and\/or numbness on the face, tongue, lips, and other body extremities. The victim may also suffer excessive sweating, severe headaches coupled with dizziness, speech problems, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hypersalivation\" title=\"Hypersalivation\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">hypersalivation<\/a>, moderate <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Emesis\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Emesis\" target=\"_new\">emesis<\/a>, movement disorders, a feeling of weakness, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cyanosis\" title=\"Cyanosis\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">cyanosis<\/a> to extremities and lips and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Petechial\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Petechial\" target=\"_new\">petechial hemorrhages<\/a> on the body.\n<\/p><p>The second phase of poisoning usually occurs after eight hours and includes <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hypotension\" title=\"Hypotension\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">hypotension<\/a> and generalized <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spasticity\" title=\"Spasticity\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">spastic<\/a> muscle paralysis. Death may occur between 20 minutes and 24 hours after the onset of symptoms, usually resulting from respiratory paralysis. Throughout each of the phases of poisoning, the state of consciousness of the victim is unaffected.<sup id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;ref-6\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"#cite_note-6\"><span class=\"cite-bracket\">[<\/span>6<span class=\"cite-bracket\">]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\"><h2 id=\"rdp-we-Genetics\">Genetics<\/h2><\/div>\n<p>Greater Blue Ringed Octopuses express VGSC (HlNav1) gene mutations that greatly reduce the channels TTX binding affinity which in turn render the octopus TTX resistant. TTX selectively binds and blocks the ion-conducting pore of the voltage-gated sodium channel which are responsible for the ability of an organism to move. The greater blue-ringed octopus naturally produced TTX and bears a phenotype in the genus for the resistance to TTX. It was found that the resistance was caused by a combination of amino acid substitutions in the TTX binding sites for the primary voltage-gated sodium ion channel.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\"><h2 id=\"rdp-we-References\">References<\/h2><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"mw-references-wrap\"><ol class=\"references\">\n<li id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;note-1\"><span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\"><b><a href=\"#cite_ref-1\">^<\/a><\/b><\/span> <span class=\"reference-text\"><cite id=\"rdp-we-CITEREFHuffardCaldwellDeLoachGentry2008\" class=\"citation journal cs1\">Huffard, CL; Caldwell, RL; DeLoach, N; Gentry, DW; Humann, P; MacDonald, B.; Moore, B.; Ross, R.; Uno, T.; Wong, S. 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(2012-10-10). <a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1242%2Fjeb.076869\" target=\"_new\">\"How does the blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) flash its blue rings?\"<\/a>. <i>Journal of Experimental Biology<\/i>. <b>215<\/b> (21): <span class=\"nowrap\">3752\u2013<\/span>3757. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doi_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Doi (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">doi<\/a>:<span class=\"id-lock-free\" title=\"Freely accessible\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1242%2Fjeb.076869\" target=\"_new\">10.1242\/jeb.076869<\/a><\/span>. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISSN_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"ISSN (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">ISSN<\/a>&#160;<a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/issn\/0022-0949\" target=\"_new\">0022-0949<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PMID_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"PMID (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">PMID<\/a>&#160;<a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/23053367\" target=\"_new\">23053367<\/a>.<\/cite><span title=\"ctx&#95;ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft&#95;val&#95;fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Experimental+Biology&amp;rft.atitle=How+does+the+blue-ringed+octopus+%28Hapalochlaena+lunulata%29+flash+its+blue+rings%3F&amp;rft.volume=215&amp;rft.issue=21&amp;rft.pages=3752-3757&amp;rft.date=2012-10-10&amp;rft.issn=0022-0949&amp;rft&#95;id=info%3Apmid%2F23053367&amp;rft&#95;id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1242%2Fjeb.076869&amp;rft.aulast=Mathger&amp;rft.aufirst=L.+M.&amp;rft.au=Bell%2C+G.+R.+R.&amp;rft.au=Kuzirian%2C+A.+M.&amp;rft.au=Allen%2C+J.+J.&amp;rft.au=Hanlon%2C+R.+T.&amp;rft&#95;id=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1242%252Fjeb.076869&amp;rfr&#95;id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGreater+blue-ringed+octopus\" class=\"Z3988\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;note-3\"><span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\"><b><a href=\"#cite_ref-3\">^<\/a><\/b><\/span> <span class=\"reference-text\"><link rel=\"mw-deduplicated-inline-style\" href=\"mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1333433106\" \/><cite class=\"citation web cs1\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.eol.org\/pages\/491995\/details\" target=\"_new\">\"Greater Blue-ringed Octopus - Encyclopedia of Life\"<\/a>.<\/cite><span title=\"ctx&#95;ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft&#95;val&#95;fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=Greater+Blue-ringed+Octopus+-+Encyclopedia+of+Life&amp;rft&#95;id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eol.org%2Fpages%2F491995%2Fdetails&amp;rfr&#95;id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGreater+blue-ringed+octopus\" class=\"Z3988\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;note-animaldiversity.org-4\"><span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\"><b><a href=\"#cite_ref-animaldiversity.org_4-0\">^<\/a><\/b><\/span> <span class=\"reference-text\"><link rel=\"mw-deduplicated-inline-style\" href=\"mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1333433106\" \/><cite class=\"citation web cs1\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/animaldiversity.org\/accounts\/Hapalochlaena_lunulata\/\" target=\"_new\">\"ADW: Hapalochlaena lunulata: INFORMATION\"<\/a>. <i><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Animal_Diversity_Web\" title=\"Animal Diversity Web\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Animal Diversity Web<\/a><\/i>.<\/cite><span title=\"ctx&#95;ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft&#95;val&#95;fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Animal+Diversity+Web&amp;rft.atitle=ADW%3A+Hapalochlaena+lunulata%3A+INFORMATION&amp;rft&#95;id=https%3A%2F%2Fanimaldiversity.org%2Faccounts%2FHapalochlaena&#95;lunulata%2F&amp;rfr&#95;id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGreater+blue-ringed+octopus\" class=\"Z3988\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;note-5\"><span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\"><b><a href=\"#cite_ref-5\">^<\/a><\/b><\/span> <span class=\"reference-text\"><link rel=\"mw-deduplicated-inline-style\" href=\"mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1333433106\" \/><cite class=\"citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210617062527\/http:\/\/poisonpedia.e-monsite.com\/pages\/a-z\/t\/tetrodotoxine.html\" target=\"_new\">\"T\u00e9trodotoxine\"<\/a>. <i>poisonpedia.e-monsite.com<\/i> (in French). 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Retrieved <span class=\"nowrap\">2020-04-30<\/span><\/span>.<\/cite><span title=\"ctx&#95;ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft&#95;val&#95;fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=poisonpedia.e-monsite.com&amp;rft.atitle=T%C3%A9trodotoxine&amp;rft&#95;id=http%3A%2F%2Fpoisonpedia.e-monsite.com%2Fpages%2Fa-z%2Ft%2Ftetrodotoxine.html&amp;rfr&#95;id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGreater+blue-ringed+octopus\" class=\"Z3988\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"rdp-we-cite&#95;note-6\"><span class=\"mw-cite-backlink\"><b><a href=\"#cite_ref-6\">^<\/a><\/b><\/span> <span class=\"reference-text\"><link rel=\"mw-deduplicated-inline-style\" href=\"mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1333433106\" \/><cite id=\"rdp-we-CITEREFFotouhieDesaiKingParsa2016\" class=\"citation journal cs1\">Fotouhie, Azadeh; Desai, Hem; King, Skye; Parsa, Nour Alhoda (2016-06-06). <a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4904401\" target=\"_new\">\"Gastrointestinal bleeding secondary to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole-induced vitamin K deficiency\"<\/a>. <i>BMJ Case Reports<\/i>. <b>2016<\/b>: bcr2016214437. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doi_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"Doi (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">doi<\/a>:<a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136%2Fbcr-2016-214437\" target=\"_new\">10.1136\/bcr-2016-214437<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/ISSN_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"ISSN (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">ISSN<\/a>&#160;<a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/issn\/1757-790X\" target=\"_new\">1757-790X<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PMC_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"PMC (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">PMC<\/a>&#160;<span class=\"id-lock-free\" title=\"Freely accessible\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4904401\" target=\"_new\">4904401<\/a><\/span>. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PMID_(identifier)\" class=\"mw-redirect wiki-link\" title=\"PMID (identifier)\" target=\"_new\">PMID<\/a>&#160;<a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/27268289\" target=\"_new\">27268289<\/a>.<\/cite><span title=\"ctx&#95;ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft&#95;val&#95;fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=BMJ+Case+Reports&amp;rft.atitle=Gastrointestinal+bleeding+secondary+to+trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole-induced+vitamin+K+deficiency&amp;rft.volume=2016&amp;rft.pages=bcr2016214437&amp;rft.date=2016-06-06&amp;rft&#95;id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC4904401%23id-name%3DPMC&amp;rft.issn=1757-790X&amp;rft&#95;id=info%3Apmid%2F27268289&amp;rft&#95;id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1136%2Fbcr-2016-214437&amp;rft.aulast=Fotouhie&amp;rft.aufirst=Azadeh&amp;rft.au=Desai%2C+Hem&amp;rft.au=King%2C+Skye&amp;rft.au=Parsa%2C+Nour+Alhoda&amp;rft&#95;id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC4904401&amp;rfr&#95;id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGreater+blue-ringed+octopus\" class=\"Z3988\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"mw-heading mw-heading2\"><h2 id=\"rdp-we-External_links\">External links<\/h2><\/div>\n<ul><li><link rel=\"mw-deduplicated-inline-style\" href=\"mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1333433106\" \/><cite class=\"citation web cs1\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20050817053958\/https:\/\/www.cephbase.utmb.edu\/spdb\/speciesc.cfm?CephID=616\" target=\"_new\">\"CephBase: Greater blue-ringed octopus\"<\/a>. Archived from <a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cephbase.utmb.edu\/spdb\/speciesc.cfm?CephID=616\" target=\"_new\">the original<\/a> on 2005-08-17.<\/cite><span title=\"ctx&#95;ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft&#95;val&#95;fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=CephBase%3A+Greater+blue-ringed+octopus&amp;rft&#95;id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cephbase.utmb.edu%2Fspdb%2Fspeciesc.cfm%3FCephID%3D616&amp;rfr&#95;id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGreater+blue-ringed+octopus\" class=\"Z3988\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu\/site\/accounts\/information\/Hapalochlaena_lunulata.html\" target=\"_new\">Animal Diversity Web<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Photos of <a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/sealifecollection.org\/taxon\/342333\" target=\"_new\">Greater blue-ringed octopus<\/a> in the Sealife Collection<\/li><\/ul>\n<div class=\"navbox-styles\"><\/div><div role=\"navigation\" class=\"navbox\" aria-labelledby=\"Taxon&#95;identifiers3766\" style=\"padding:3px\"><table class=\"nowraplinks hlist navbox-inner\" style=\"border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit\"><tbody><tr><th scope=\"col\" class=\"navbox-title\" colspan=\"2\"><div id=\"rdp-we-Taxon&#95;identifiers3766\" style=\"font-size:114%;margin:0 4em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:Taxon_identifiers\" title=\"Help:Taxon identifiers\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Taxon identifiers<\/a><\/div><\/th><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\" class=\"navbox-group\" style=\"width:1%;text-align: left;\"><i>Hapalochlaena lunulata<\/i><\/th><td class=\"navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd\" style=\"width:100%;padding:0\"><div style=\"padding:0 0.25em\">\n<ul><li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikidata\" title=\"Wikidata\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Wikidata<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><span class=\"external\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Q1123809\" class=\"extiw wiki-link\" title=\"wikidata:Q1123809\" target=\"_new\">Q1123809<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikispecies\" title=\"Wikispecies\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Wikispecies<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><span class=\"external\"><a href=\"https:\/\/species.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Hapalochlaena_lunulata\" class=\"extiw wiki-link\" title=\"wikispecies:Hapalochlaena lunulata\" target=\"_new\">Hapalochlaena lunulata<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Animal_Diversity_Web\" title=\"Animal Diversity Web\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">ADW<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/animaldiversity.org\/accounts\/Hapalochlaena_lunulata\/\" target=\"_new\">Hapalochlaena_lunulata<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\">BioLib: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biolib.cz\/en\/taxon\/id135087\" target=\"_new\">135087<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barcode_of_Life_Data_System\" title=\"Barcode of Life Data System\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">BOLD<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/bench.boldsystems.org\/index.php\/TaxBrowser_TaxonPage?taxid=26430\" target=\"_new\">26430<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catalogue_of_Life\" title=\"Catalogue of Life\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">CoL<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.catalogueoflife.org\/data\/taxon\/6LBGG\" target=\"_new\">6LBGG<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Encyclopedia_of_Life\" title=\"Encyclopedia of Life\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">EoL<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/eol.org\/pages\/491995\" target=\"_new\">491995<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Global_Biodiversity_Information_Facility\" title=\"Global Biodiversity Information Facility\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">GBIF<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gbif.org\/species\/2289324\" target=\"_new\">2289324<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/INaturalist\" title=\"INaturalist\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">iNaturalist<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/inaturalist.org\/taxa\/199917\" target=\"_new\">199917<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Interim_Register_of_Marine_and_Nonmarine_Genera\" title=\"Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">IRMNG<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irmng.org\/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=10596946\" target=\"_new\">10596946<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Integrated_Taxonomic_Information_System\" title=\"Integrated Taxonomic Information System\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">ITIS<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.itis.gov\/servlet\/SingleRpt\/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=556376\" target=\"_new\">556376<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IUCN_Red_List\" title=\"IUCN Red List\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">IUCN<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/details\/163293\/0\" target=\"_new\">163293<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Center_for_Biotechnology_Information\" title=\"National Center for Biotechnology Information\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">NCBI<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/datasets\/taxonomy\/102866\/\" target=\"_new\">102866<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ocean_Biodiversity_Information_System\" title=\"Ocean Biodiversity Information System\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">OBIS<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/obis.org\/taxon\/342333\" target=\"_new\">342333<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Open_Tree_of_Life\" title=\"Open Tree of Life\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Open Tree of Life<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/tree.opentreeoflife.org\/taxonomy\/browse?id=1033634\" target=\"_new\">1033634<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/SeaLifeBase\" title=\"SeaLifeBase\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">SeaLifeBase<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sealifebase.ca\/Summary\/SpeciesSummary.php?id=57387\" target=\"_new\">57387<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_Register_of_Marine_Species\" title=\"World Register of Marine Species\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">WoRMS<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marinespecies.org\/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342333\" target=\"_new\">342333<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\" class=\"navbox-group\" style=\"width:1%;text-align: left;\"><i>Octopus lunulatus<\/i><\/th><td class=\"navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even\" style=\"width:100%;padding:0\"><div style=\"padding:0 0.25em\">\n<ul><li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikidata\" title=\"Wikidata\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">Wikidata<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><span class=\"external\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Q109578585\" class=\"extiw wiki-link\" title=\"wikidata:Q109578585\" target=\"_new\">Q109578585<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Catalogue_of_Life\" title=\"Catalogue of Life\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">CoL<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.catalogueoflife.org\/data\/taxon\/6SFPZ\" target=\"_new\">6SFPZ<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Global_Biodiversity_Information_Facility\" title=\"Global Biodiversity Information Facility\" target=\"_new\" class=\"wiki-link\">GBIF<\/a>: <span class=\"uid\"><a rel=\"external_link\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gbif.org\/species\/2289325\" target=\"_new\">2289325<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"white-space:nowrap;\"><a 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