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Long arm octopus
Scientific name : Octopus sp. 3
Light brown octopus, with small white spots. Skin can be rough and with small spikes. Body 4 cm, tentacles 15 cm.
Living on sandy bottoms, in bay and lagoon. It spends the day using for shelter burrows from other animals. Active late in the afternoon and at night.
A very similar undescribed species is popular as white V octopus, from a V shaped spot on the back. Even if our species is very similar, we have never been able to see the white V.
Associated organisms Unknown, but often it uses burrows from other animals (possibly its preys).
Habitat:
Lagoon
Distribution:
Indonesia
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