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Octopus,
Cuttlefish, Squid, the Class Cephalopoda,
Octopodes: Part 4
To: Octopodes Part 1,
Part 2, Part 3,
To: Part B, Squids,
Cuttlefishes
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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,
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| Thaumoctopus mimicus Norman & Hockberg 2005. 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? |
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| 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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| Hairy Octopus sp. U1. Another of a few more
unidentified species (to me, science it seems...) Bali 2014. About 5 cm./2"
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