Juvie octopus: Mimic? Wonderpus?

[scubamarli 5]

This little cutie is about an inch in diameter, found in Lembeh. It was very transparent at first, and then the stripes appeared, after my total of four shots. It has eye cirri (hard to see, but they are there, and in one shot the eye stalks are quite extended, given its size. I doubt that I will ever know, but if anyone has an educated guess, I would appreciate it.

 

Cheers,

Marli

[JimSwims 31]

Hi Marli,

 

not an educated guess but I'd say it's a Mimic going by the proportions of the eyes/stalks. Also I've seen

the same cirri below the eye discs on images of Mimic but not on Wonderpus. Not to say though that it's

not something completely different from either. Nice find!

 

Cheers,

Jim.