Often confused with or misidentified as a Mimic Octopus, the Wonderpus is a separate species, and was only officialy and properly described in 2006. Wonderpus photogenicus is most-commonly seen around Lembeh, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, but has been seen in The Philippines and Southern Pacific, as well as other areas of Indonesia.
Wonderpus
Wunderpus photogenicus
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca (Mollusks / Molluscs) |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Octopoda (Octopuses) |
Family: | Octopodidae (Octopodidae) |
Genus: | Wunderpus (Wunderpus) |
Species: | Wunderpus photogenicus |