California two-spot octopus
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The California two-spot octopus, often simply called a "bimac", is an octopus species native to many parts of the Pacific Ocean including the coast of California. One can identify the species by the c
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Octopus bimaculoides observed at Nicholson Point in La Jolla, California in August, 2024.
Close-up of the chromatophores on Octopus bimaculoides.
Octopus
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An octopus is a soft-bodied, eight-limbed mollusc of the order Octopoda. The order consists of some 300 species and is grouped within the class Cephalopoda with squids, cuttlefish, and nautiloids. Lik
California two-spot octopus
…The California two-spot octopus (Octopus bimaculoides), often simply called a "bimac", is an octopus species native to many parts of the Pacific Ocean including the coast of California. One can identify the species by the circular blue eyespots on each…
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A giant Pacific octopus at Echizen Matsushima Aquarium, Japan
Diagram of octopus from side, with gills, funnel, eye, ocellus (eyespot), web, arms, suckers, hectocotylus and ligula labelled.
A finned Grimpoteuthis species with its atypical octopus body plan