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Octopus,
Cuttlefish, Squid, the Class Cephalopoda, Part 1: Octopodes
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Part 2, Squids, Cuttlefishes
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Bob Fenner |
Octopus marginatus
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Cephalopods: "Head feet"... the brainy Mollusks. Masters of disguise,
ambush, speed (well, for some).
Octopus:
| Octopus cyanea, Gray 1929, the Common Reef Octopus. Indo-Pacific; Red Sea to
Hawai'i. Common reef species. Has a prominent black spot surrounded by
another black ring near base of arm web. N. Sulawesi pic. |
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| Octopus (cyanea?) Below, three pix of the
same specimen (I shot them in sequence), off of Queensland, Australia and
one flushed red in consternation in Hawai'i at right. . |
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| Octopus macropus, the White-Spotted Octopus. 12-20
inches. Here is a small individual off of Cozumel at night. |
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| Octopus marginatus, the Blueveined or Coconut
Octopus. Some pix of a few in the Lembah Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia. |
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| Octopus vulgaris Cuvier 1797, Common Octopus.
Worldwide in tropical seas. Have a dark ring around each sucker.
Most commonly occurred octopus species out during the day. One in Cancun,
Mexico, another in St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. |
 
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| Octopus sp. The Mimic Octopus. Celebrated, though not
as much as the Wonderpus (another Octopus sp.) for its still and active
posturings pretending to be a Mantis, Lionfish... to avoid predation,
sneak up on food organisms... N. Sulawesi |
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| I'm a flatfish |
I'm a lionfish |
What am I? |
| Wunderpus photogenicus Hochberg, Normal & Finn
2006. Here is the "king of mimic octopi" the Wonderpus... able to mimic many marine creatures in a very short while...
changing its repertoire if others "don't work". Here in the muck in shallow water
near KBR. |
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| As a Mantis Shrimp |
As a Seasnake |
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| Octopus sp. Another of a few more unidentified
species (to me, science it seems...) found in Sulawesi, Indonesia. This
one called the Long Arm Octopus locally. Here in the muck in shallow water
near KBR. |
 
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| Octopus sp. Yet another of a few more unidentified
species found in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Here above and in the muck in
shallow water near KBR. |
 
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