SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Curled octopus (Eledone cirrhosa) amongst a horse mussel bed (Modiolus modiolus) Shetland, Scotland, UK, August.
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Alex Mustard / Reef octopus (Octopus cyanea) portrait near wreck. Gubal Island, Egypt. Red Sea.
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Solvin Zankl / Deepsea Octopus (Bathypolypus bairdii) specimen from the North Atlantic, near the Faroe Islands at a depth of 805m
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Curled octopus (Eledone cirrhosa) amongst a mearl bed, with Lightbulb tunicates (Clavelina lepadiformis) Shetland, Scotland, UK, August.
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Alex Mustard / Reef octopus (Octopus cyanea) emerges from its den in a hole in a large hard coral (Porites sp.) at sunset. Sha'ab Mahmood, Sinai, Egypt. Red Sea
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Alex Mustard / Day octopus (Octopus cyanea) darker male reaching over and mates with a lighter female on the wreck of a barge. Gubal Island, Egypt. Strait of Gubal, Gulf of Suez, Red Sea.
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Georgette Douwma / Day octopus (Octopus cyanea) camouflaged among coral, Red Sea, Egypt. January.
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Georgette Douwma / Day octopus (Octopus cyanea), Red Sea, Egypt. January.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Curled octopus (Eledone cirrhosa) on sea floor, South Arran Marine Protected Area, Isle of Arran, Scotland, UK, August.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Curled octopus (Eledone cirrhosa) and a Spiny starfish (Marthasterias glacialis) on sea floor, South Arran Marine Protected Area, Isle of Arran, Scotland, UK, August.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Curled octopus (Eledone cirrhosa) and Yarrell's blenny (Chirolophis ascanii) on sea floor, South Arran Marine Protected Area, Isle of Arran, Scotland, UK, August.
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SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Curled octopus (Eledone cirrhosa) on sea floor, South Arran Marine Protected Area, Isle of Arran, Scotland, UK, August.