Octopus cyanea syn. O. marmoratus syn. Polypus marmoratus English: Polypus marmoratus, dorsal view of large male from Honolulu Subject: Cephalopoda, Polypus Tag: Fish
An octopus peeks out of coral reef in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Photo: Paula Ayotte/NOAA
Day octopus (Octopus cyanea) peeks out of lobe coral (Porites sp.) on a shallow reef at French Frigate Shoals. Photo Credit: Paola Ayotte/NOAA
A day octopus – or he’e mauli in Hawaiian – sits pretty at Pearl and Hermes Atoll in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Many cephalopods have special cells in their skin tissue called chromatophores th More
He'e - Gardner Pinnacles. He’e is the Hawaiian name for the Day Octopus, from Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. This species of #octopus typically feeds during the day, and thus has an amazing ability More
Octopus cyanea Public domain scan of 19th-century zoological illustration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image
Bull. U. S. B. F., 1912. Plate XLV.
Polypus horsti Joubin = Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849 English: Tip of hectocotylus, magnification × 3
1-3 Polypus horsti Joubin = Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849, regeneration of arms (r = regenerating arm) 4 Octopod embryo, bristle initial 5 Octopod embryo, ovoid structure next to bristle initial 6 Octopod embryo, g More