Does anyone know where i can purchase an octopus cyanea / hawaiian day octopus?

David

nope, and i'd have one if i did :)

just need to try asking local importers that import from hawaii

On the caphalopod page at the very last link is has a blue ring octo, but the scientific name is o. cyanea, the pic is of a blue ring and isn't for sale though. :? http://www.dal.ca/~ceph/TCP/sources.html

You could try suppliers in south east asia though chances are they won't know the species, you could try getting a bandensis too but cuttles don't seem to be in season. Hawaii would be the better choice.

With arms streached its about 3ft long at about 4-5lb :bugout:




actually it might get a little biger :roll:

Thats why i want one :D

Well get one :bonk:

But its best to do your reasearch first,witch i see your doing,so go ahead :madsci:

I thought that they had a tentacle span of only 12 in from tentacle to tentacle, according to the marine aquarium problem solver. :?

nope, miles out... thats probably the distance between it eyes :)

you are looking at close to 6 feet from tip to tip :)

nope, miles out... thats probably the distance between it eyes :)

you are looking at close to 6 feet from tip to tip :)

*nods*

Yep, for having the pleasure of working on O. cyanea last year in Indonesia i can confirm that they grow really big ;). In my study of the local octo fishery, i (only) came across (by that i mean the octo was brought to me for statolith removal by a fisherman prior to being sold to a middleman) a 3.2kg octo. I've had access to the local middlemen books and it seems the record stands at about 6kg :shock: ... but it was caught two weeks before i arrived on site :evil: dang!

TPOTH

Hi Last year I was workin in on Pemba Island, Tanzania and we were working on local artisanal fisheries one of which was for octopus, specifically Octopus cyanea and can vouch for their size I think the largest caught while we were working on them was 5.7kg it was one of almost 3/4 of a tonne caught over the low tide period last August. I also saw them whilst carrying out Dive surveys in the same area one especially comes to mind that was about 6.5 feet across about 2 meters away from our survey it made me jump I can tell you when it decided to move. So these things can grow to huge sizes. Aside from that does anyone know where I can find Articles or scientific journals about the afore mentioned octopus for work I am trying to do.
Thanks
Kevin

Uuuuum.... I could hook u up with a cyanea I live in hawaii and I caught my own. But Im not sure how to ship it. If u can figure out how to get it shipped to u I might be able to catch u one. :wink: