name: Common Octopus

flavor_db_name_variants: common octopus

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Common octopus

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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

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updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 6645

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00339