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Please can you help to identify this species of octopus I photographed whilst diving in Burma a few years ago. It's body was half the size of my hand and it's arms were thinner than the common reef octopuses I was used to seeing (I workd as a divemaster guide there for about 2 years).
The "suckers" were quite large (the arm diameter) and protruded quite a way from the arm and the arm and white coloured.
I found it over a rubbly bottom quite a distance from any rocky or coral features and it gradually disappeared into a small hole in the bottom when it was disturbed.
There have been reports of Wonderpuss around Phuket (Thailand) which is not too far away but the colouration of this species doesn't look at all alike. More like a "hairy" octopus.
Please excuse my ignorance of the finner details of octopus names and identification........I am not an octopus aquarium enthusiast, just a keen diver and photographer! I can be emailed at [email protected] if you have an answer for me.
Many thanks,
Stuey
The "suckers" were quite large (the arm diameter) and protruded quite a way from the arm and the arm and white coloured.
I found it over a rubbly bottom quite a distance from any rocky or coral features and it gradually disappeared into a small hole in the bottom when it was disturbed.
There have been reports of Wonderpuss around Phuket (Thailand) which is not too far away but the colouration of this species doesn't look at all alike. More like a "hairy" octopus.
Please excuse my ignorance of the finner details of octopus names and identification........I am not an octopus aquarium enthusiast, just a keen diver and photographer! I can be emailed at [email protected] if you have an answer for me.
Many thanks,
Stuey
