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Algae Octopus - Abdopus aculeatus
As its name imply, the Algae Octopus - Abdopus aculeatus mimics the sea algae and sea weeds with appendages on its body and tentacles that gives them perfect camouflage. They also takes on the colours of the algae/seaweed - brown, grey, white,green and purple.
''Abdopus aculeatus'' is a small octopus species in the order Octopoda. ''A. aculeatus'' has the common name of algae octopus due to its typical resting camouflage, which resembles a gastropod shell overgrown with algae. It is small in size with a mantle around the size of a small orange and legs 25 cm in length, and is adept at mimicking its surroundings.
Aculeatus has been described as "the only land octopus", because it lives on beaches, walking from one tidal pool to the next as.. more
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