The blanket octopus male is an example of sexual-evolutionary dwarfism; females grow 10,000 to 40,000 times larger than the males and the sex ratio between males and females can be distinguished right after hatching of the eggs.
. If you divide all the species of octopuses into different categories according to their size, the Flapjack Octopus will belong to the group of small octopuses.
The Blanket Octopus and the Dumbo Octopus do this too! Being a deep-sea octopus and not knowing when they might come across a male, the female octopuses will hoard the hectocotylus using the sperm from their collected male arms when they see fit and making sure they are good for making babies. Though the female blanket octopus is already large—growing to around 2 metres in length! In contrast, the male blanket octopus measures a mere 2.
. For sightings of the blanketoctopus are so rare that the first live male was only spotted 21 years ago on Ribbon Reefs, further north on Great Barrier Reef, and it is believed there have been only three other sightings at Lady Elliot.
The blanketoctopusmale is an example of sexual-evolutionary dwarfism; females grow 10,000 to 40,000 times larger than the males and the sex ratio between males and females can be distinguished right after hatching of the eggs.
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For sightings of the blanketoctopus are so rare that the first live male was only spotted 21 years ago on Ribbon Reefs, further north on Great Barrier Reef, and it is believed there have been only three other sightings at Lady Elliot.
