Leslie 0 Posted July 30, 2007 Everybody's favorite Lembeh octopus is now described. The official scientific name - I kid you not - is Wunderpus photogenicus. The paper describing it (which includes multiple images) can be found here: http://www.mapress.com/mr/content/v26/2006f/n3p140.pdf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
seagrant 4 Posted July 30, 2007 Thanks Leslie, interesting paper!! Love that scientific name!! Very Best, Carol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ATJ 1 Posted July 30, 2007 Cool. I did a dive trip with Mark and Julian last year (Undersea 2006). We did some muck dives off Lizard Island hoping to find interesting cephalopods like wunderpus or Metaspeia pfefferi. We did find one octopus, but it wasn't all that spectacular. We found a lot more interesting octopus off the back of the boat during boat dives. I also told Mark that he had my job - he's now doing exactly what I wanted to be doing after I finished my degree. Alas, I'm now working with computers and only get to play with cephalopods on the weekends. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nemertinator 0 Posted July 31, 2007 I've been impressed with and puzzled over the similarity between some banded nemerteans, like Baseodiscus mexicanus, and certain brittle stars and eunicids found in the same habitat, and wondered who is mimicking whom. The resemblance between the arms of this octopus and at least one Notospermus (nemertean) known from the IndoPacific is good. The similarity to B. mexicanus is even more impressive, but at present that species is only known from eastern tropical Pacific shores. Nature is sooo much fun!:-) Thanks for alerting us to this cool octopus! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
