Giant Pacific Octopus, Enteroctopus dofleini, Attacks on Divers

Authors

  • Roland C. Anderson The Seattle Aquarium, 1483 Alaskan Way, Seattle, Washington 98101
  • Ronald Shimek P.O. Box 4, Wilsall, Montana
  • James A. Cosgrove Royal British Columbia Museum, Natural History Section, 675 Belleville Street, Victoria, British Columbia V8Y 1G2
  • Steve Berthinier 316 15th Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98122

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v121i4.517

Keywords:

Giant Pacific Octopus, Enteroctopus dofleini, Mollusca, Cephalopoda, attacks, Washington, British Columbia

Abstract

Documentation is given of four instances of attacks on scuba divers by the giant Pacific octopus.

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Vol. 121 No. 4 (2007)

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