Specimen Information

Octopus vulgaris
Octopus vulgaris
(common octopus)
Mollusks-Cephalopods
Native Transplant

Specimen ID157597
GroupMollusks-Cephalopods
GenusOctopus
Speciesvulgaris
Common Namecommon octopus
StateAR
CountyFaulkner
LocalityLake Conway
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLake Conway-Point Remove
HUC8 Number11110203
HUC10 NamePalarm Creek
HUC10 Number1111020304
HUC12 NameLittle Palarm Creek-Palarm Creek
HUC12 Number111102030405
Map
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Collection Day3
Collection Month12
Collection Year2003
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayreleased aquarium
Statusfailed
Reference 1
Ref. Number:13677
Author:Associated Press.
Date:2003
Title:Octopus caught in Ark. Lake.
Publisher:ESPN news
Issue:December 5, 2003
Reference 2
Ref. Number:13678
Author:Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.
Date:2003
Title:Lake Conway takes a new twist and yields and octopus.
Publisher:Arkansas Outdoors Weekly
Issue:December 3, 2003
CommentsCaught alive clinging to a gate at the dam.
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recordnation
Disposalunknown
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater
Number Collected1


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Citation information: U.S. Geological Survey. [2024]. Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database. Gainesville, Florida. Accessed [11/23/2024].

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