Sighting 4086584
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| Octopus maorum | Jimbobo | 6 Mar 2025 | |
| Octopus tetricus | JanineOB | 27 Dec 2018 | |
| Unverified | JanineOB | 27 Dec 2018 |
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Sighted at the entrance t Wallaga Lake. Appeared like a clump of seaweed, travelling upstream on the incoming tide. Reared ap to reveal red underbelly when passing by photographer.
4 comments
28 Dec 2018
This is very likely O. tetricus but not possible to tell with 100 per cent certainty from the photograph.
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Mandy
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Mandy
6 Mar 2025
Maori Octopus to my eye. Dark Rust colouration and it appears to have diagnostic finger like papillae on mantle. But hard to be 100% certain.
Sighting information
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- Less than 1m Depth of sighting
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- JanineOB NatureMapr South Coast Octopuses, Squids (Cephalopoda) Sea Shells, Sea Slugs, Octopuses & allies (Mollusca) Marine Invertebrates
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