name: Common Octopus
flavor_db_name_variants: common octopus
source: foodb
status: draft
food_db_id: Common octopus
id: 339
name_scientific: Octopus vulgaris
description: The common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) is the most studied of all octopus species. Its range 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.
itis_id: 82603
wikipedia_id: Common octopus
picture_file_name: 344.jpg
picture_content_type: image/jpeg
picture_file_size: 74161
picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:33:51.000Z
legacy_id: 371
food_group: Aquatic foods
food_subgroup: Mollusks
food_type: Type 1
created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:36.000Z
updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:23.000Z
creator_id: null
updater_id: null
export_to_afcdb: false
category: specific
ncbi_taxonomy_id: 6645
export_to_foodb: true
public_id: FOOD00339