New Octo!!!

[Nancy]

Hi rc,

Back to the question of which species of octopus you have....

Does your octo have two prominent white spots beneath its eyes?
If so, could you go to Ceph Base

http://www.cephbase.utmb.edu/imgdb/imgdb.cfm

and choose Octopus bimaculatus and look at the photos.
If not, you might want to look at o. filosus and o.maya

If you click on the pics, they enlarge.

Nancy

 

[rc]

if it wasnt for the eyespot i would put my money on O. Filosus, Spots eyespot is more of a blue spot and not a ring, but maybe this is how the spot appears on juveniles but other than that the pictures of O. filosus look exactely like my little guy even the incredible ability to blend with the rocks even when your looking right at him!

 

[Nancy]

That's what I thought when I looked at all these pics, too. Maybe we'll just have to wait and see how big he grows!

Meanwhile, he's a fine member of our octo family.

Nancy