18 Octopus vulgaris

18 Octopus vulgaris

Octopus vulgaris is mainly nocturnal, spending most of the day in a crevice. The brown and white body and purplish red arms are well camouflaged against similar rocks. The usually white discs on the suckers are tinted reddish on this one.
Azores, August 2006. © J.P. Silva.