Wunderpus photogenicus

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Wunderpus photogenicus

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Octopodidae
Genus: Wunderpus
Hochberg, Norman & Finn, 2006
Species: W. photogenicus
Binomial name
Wunderpus photogenicus
Hochberg, Norman & Finn, 2006

Wunderpus photogenicus is a species of octopus in the monotypic genus Wunderpus. It is found in the shallow waters of the Indo-Malayan archipelago. W. photogenicus is a long-armed species characterised by "small eyes on elongate stalks, a long, conical papilla over each eye and a dramatic and fixed color pattern of white bars and spots over a brown-red background". It is often confused with the similarly coloured Mimic Octopus.

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