Talk:Seven-arm octopus

How big?

The article says this octopus is the largest of all octopodes - but fails to say exactly how big it is.

The main reason I ask is that the notes at the back of Arthur C. Clarke's Ghost of the Grand Banks claim that a reference to 70+ metre octopus is based on fact.

CephBase says a mantle length of 40 cm and a total length of 200 cm. Reasonably large, and possibly largest, but certainly not 70 meters. - UtherSRG (talk) 04:21, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Biggest?

This appears to contradict North Pacific Giant Octopus which states that 'is considered to be the largest octopus'. Edd 12:56, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

I was always taught the North Pacific Octopus was the biggest, revert time. This seems to correlate with evidence provided both on and off wikipedia, hence I reverted it, apparently giant Pacific Octopus can reach 16-23 feet which is (much) larger then 200cm. I also found a claim to finding a 600 lb giant pacific the royal British Columbian Museum claimed this. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjewwcts/invertebrates/octopus/Octopuscoloring.shtml http://www.octopus.com/species/ http://bjo.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/87/7/812 http://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/programs/expert/octopus/ http://marine.alaskapacific.edu/octopus/factsheet.html http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/ANIMAL_DATABASE/animaldb.asp?id=34&chr=O

Better photo

It would be really great to have a photo of a male, since this creature is named for the odd appearance of the male. Also great would be any photos of live animals. The Storm Surfer 08:04, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Wrong photo?

The photo clearly shows 8 arms, none of which are tucked hidden under one eye .. is it in fact the right illustration ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.81.40.95 (talk) 19:06, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

yeah I noticed that too but I'm no zoologist so I can't say for certain but I'm going to remove it for now. IRMacGuyver (talk) 00:06, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

The source (a reliable one) is given on the image description page. mgiganteus1 (talk) 00:50, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

So in the illustration labelled "oral view", which tentacle is the penis?Eregli bob (talk) 07:01, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

Septopus or Septipus

Which one is the correct one? Are there any sources (except for the obvious Finding Dory reference)? --Tobias (Talk) 14:40, 8 January 2018 (UTC)

Hank in Finding Dory is based mostly on the giant Pacific octopus in appearance, but at any rate, the character is just missing an arm (source) and "septopus" is just a nickname. It's unlikely the word is connected to Haliphron atlanticus in any way as far as I can tell, so I agree with Mgiganteus1's removal of the name. Rhinopias (talk) 22:51, 8 January 2018 (UTC)