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Wonderpus - Wunderpus photogenicus
An Octopus with a wonderful name! Wonderpus - Wunderpus photogenicus is sometimes confused or mistaken with Mimic Octopus. Unlike Mimic Octopus, they don't mimic other sea life. Coloration of Wonderpus is also lighter brown in color compared to darker brown in color.
Check-out my video where you can see the differences between a Mimic Octopus and a Wonderpus Octopus :
''Wunderpus photogenicus'', the wunderpus octopus is a small-bodied species of octopus with distinct white and rusty brown coloration. 'Wunderpus' from German “wunder” meaning ‘marvel or wonder’. Due to the appearance and behavior of the wunderpus, it is frequently confused with its close relative, the mimic octopus. The wunderpus octopus was not discovered until the 1980s and only officially described in detail in 2006. The wunderpus octopus are important commercially to the underwater.. more
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