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Octopus maorum	6 Mar 2025	Jimbobo
Octopus tetricus	27 Dec 2018	JanineOB
Unverified	27 Dec 2018	JanineOB

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Sighted at the entrance t Wallaga Lake. Appeared like a clump of seaweed, travelling upstream on the incoming tide. Reared ap to reveal red underbelly when passing by photographer.

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MandyReid wrote:

28 Dec 2018

This is very likely O. tetricus but not possible to tell with 100 per cent certainty from the photograph.
Cheers
Mandy

JanineOB wrote:

28 Dec 2018

Thank you Mandy
Cheers Janine

JanineOB wrote:

28 Dec 2018

Thank you Mandy
Cheers Janine

Jimbobo wrote:

6 Mar 2025

Maori Octopus to my eye. Dark Rust colouration and it appears to have diagnostic finger like papillae on mantle. But hard to be 100% certain.

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JanineOB NatureMapr South Coast Octopuses, Squids (Cephalopoda) Sea Shells, Sea Slugs, Octopuses & allies (Mollusca) Marine Invertebrates

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