Coconut octopus - Amphiotopus marginatus

This is called a "coconut octopus" (Amphiotopus marginatus). Although it can live mostly buried beneath the sand, it often takes refuge in large empty bivalve shells or harvested coconut shells. The width of his body was around 8cm.

2 November 2012

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