03 Octopus vulgaris

03 Octopus vulgaris

Exhalent respiratory funnel (1) extended from left of ventral opening of mantle cavity. Two rows of suckers on arms (2). The octopus attached to a swimmer while being closely examined; not an unprovoked attack, and no injury incurred by either party.
Keffalonia, Greece, July 2006. © R. Brun