What is being measured?
Comparison uses the midpoint of the published 1–3 ft range. Published total length including arms, rather than mantle length. This is a range midpoint, not a measured population mean.
The comparison uses the midpoint of the stated range. That midpoint is a chosen reference, not a measured population mean.
- Dimension
- length including arms
- Reference value
- 2 ft
- Evidence
- Chosen midpoint of a documented range
- In metres
- 0.6096 m
- Source range
- 1–3 ft
- What the range means
- Published total length including arms, rather than mantle length.
Put the length in perspective
One Common octopus represents approximately 7.12 card lengths measured end to end. This is a length ratio; it does not calculate how the objects pack or fit.
Common octopus · 0.6096 m
Metre · 1 m
Foot (international) · 0.3048 m