{{Short description|Species of octopus}} {{Speciesbox | image = Octopus oliveri (48740499233).jpg | image_caption = | taxon = Octopus oliveri | authority = (Berry, 1914) | synonyms = }}

'''''Octopus oliveri''''', is a species of octopus found in the western Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan, Hawaii, and Kermadec Island, in reefs and boulder coasts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sealifebase.ca/summary/Octopus-oliveri.html|title=Octopus oliveri|website=www.sealifebase.ca|access-date=2019-10-17}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Ylitalo|first1=Heather A.|last2=Watling|first2=Les|last3=Toonen|first3=Robert J.|date=2014-04-03|title=First description of hatchlings and eggs of Octopus oliveri (Berry, 1914) (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae)|journal=Molluscan Research|volume=34|issue=2|pages=79–83|doi=10.1080/13235818.2013.860871|bibcode=2014MollR..34...79Y |issn=1323-5818}}</ref>

It is a small species, roughly 70-260mm in length.<ref name=":0" /> Females will take longer to mate, the larger their body size.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Ylitalo|first1=Heather|last2=Oliver|first2=Thomas A.|last3=Fernandez-Silva|first3=Iria|last4=Wood|first4=James B.|last5=Toonen|first5=Robert J.|date=2019-06-07|title=A behavioral and genetic study of multiple paternity in a polygamous marine invertebrate, Octopus oliveri|journal=PeerJ|language=en|volume=7|article-number=e6927|doi=10.7717/peerj.6927|pmid=31211008|issn=2167-8359|doi-access=free|pmc=6557246}}</ref> Afterwards, ~5000 eggs will hatch in about five weeks after being laid, and the male/female ratio seems unaffected by temperature. These eggs are laid in strings attached to a hard substrate.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite thesis|title=Life history, mating behavior, and multiple paternity in Octopus oliveri (Berry, 1914) (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae)|url=http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/101160|publisher=[Honolulu] : [University of Hawaii at Manoa], [December 2014]|date=December 2014|degree=Thesis|first=Heather Anne|last=Ylitalo-Ward|hdl=10125/101160 }}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}} * Norman M.D. & Hochberg F.G. (2005) ''The current state of Octopus taxonomy.'' Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin 66:127–154 * Norman M.D., Finn J.K. & Hochberg F.G. (2014). ''Family Octopodidae.'' pp.&nbsp;36–215, in P. Jereb, C.F.E. Roper, M.D. Norman & J.K. Finn eds. Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of cephalopod species known to date. Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes [Rome, FAO]. 4(3): 353 pp.&nbsp;11 pls. * Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

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Category:Octopodidae Category:Cephalopods described in 1914 Category:Invertebrates of Japan Category:Molluscs of Hawaii

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