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Octopus,
Cuttlefish, Squid, the Class Cephalopoda,
Octopodes: Part 2
To: Octopodes Part 1,
Part 3, Part 4
To: Part B, Squids,
Cuttlefishes
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Bob Fenner |
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Genus Haplalochlaena: (venomous) Blue Ring Octopi
Hapalochlaena lunulata, the Greater Blue Ring
Octopus. Indo-Pacific. To 7 cm. (2.75"). Bali 2014 |
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Genus Octopus:
Octopus briareus, Caribbean Reef Octopus. Often pale
to bluish overcast. Doesn't have dark edges around suckers like the other
common TWA octopode, O. vulgaris. TiffB pic in Curacao 2015 |
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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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Bigger PIX:
The images in this table are
linked to large (desktop size) copies. Click on "framed"
images to go to the larger size. |
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To: Octopodes Part 1,
Part 3, Part 4
To: Part B, Squids,
Cuttlefishes
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