Habitat
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Enteroctopus megalocyathus is a large and typically benthic cephalopod . This species lives at the bottom of a body of water, in this case the hard bottom habitats of the ocean, from the lower intertidal zone to 140 m depth (Ibanez & Chong, 2008). Since they live at the very bottom of the ocean, fishermen use a
variety of places, but only in the deep ocean depths.
spear and go fishing for them to capture for further studying. You
would not find this species in a wide
The
habitat of E. megalocyathus are
crevices and caves to hide
from predators,
including organisms of the same species
and
humans
who are in fact an immense
predator of
this species (Ibanez &
Chong,2008). Benthic
environments tend to be
along shore where
breaking waves and
storms
cause rapid flow of
water, so the organisms that live in benthic
environments need to be able to withstand the
current. Enteroctopus
megalocyathus inhabit the
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, alongside the
southern coasts of South America, Chilean coast and along the
Argentine Patagonian coast (Ortiz et al., 2006).