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| Bob Fenner |
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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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| 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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| 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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