Octopus bimaculoides, also known as the Californian two-spot octopus (1)

Octopus bimaculoides, also known as the Californian two-spot octopus

Octopus bimaculoides, also known as the Californian two-spot octopus, whose genome was sequenced. The Californian two-spot octopus is immediately recognizable from the blue spots on either side of its head. The spots are a pair of false eyes that can glow, and are used to fool both victims and larger predators into thinking they are its actual eyes. This species lives for one to two years.

Octopus bimaculoides, also known as the Californian two-spot octopus, whose genome was sequenced.

The Californian two-spot octopus is immediately recognizable from the blue spots on either side of its head. The spots are a pair of false eyes that can glow, and are used to fool both victims and larger predators into thinking they are its actual eyes. This species lives for one to two years.

Date:
11 August 2015
Credit:
Judit Pungor (Photo)

Copyright OIST (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 沖縄科学技術大学院大学). Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

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