Octopus, Octopus sp., La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Octopus, Octopus sp., La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Common Octopus, Octopus vulgaris, Socorro, Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico

Common Reef Octopus, Octopus cyanea, Felidhu Atoll, Maldives

Common Octopus, Octopus vulgaris, Socorro, Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico

Common Octopus, Octopus vulgaris, Roca Partida, Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico

Common Octopus, Octopus vulgaris, Socorro, Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico

Common Octopus, Octopus vulgaris, Socorro, Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico

Common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) on reef, Cap de Creus, Costa Brava, Spain, Mediterranean, Europe

Common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) on reef, Cap de Creus, Costa Brava, Spain, Mediterranean, Europe

Mating of common octopus (Octopus vulgaris), Cap de Creus, Costa Brava, Spain, Mediterranean, Europe

Eye of common octopus (Octopus vulgaris), Cap de Creus, Costa Brava, Spain, Mediterranean, Europe

Common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) on reef, Cap de Creus, Costa Brava, Spain, Mediterranean, Europe

Common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) and underwater photographer, Cap de Creus, Costa Brava, Spain, Mediterranean, Europe

Common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) on reef, Cap de Creus, Costa Brava, Spain, Mediterranean, Europe

Common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) on reef, Cap de Creus, Costa Brava, Spain, Mediterranean, Europe

Eye of common octopus (Octopus vulgaris), Cap de Creus, Costa Brava, Spain, Mediterranean, Europe

Common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) on reef, Cap de Creus, Costa Brava, Spain, Mediterranean, Europe

Mating of common octopus (Octopus vulgaris), Cap de Creus, Costa Brava, Spain, Mediterranean, Europe

Eye of common octopus (Octopus vulgaris), Cap de Creus, Costa Brava, Spain, Mediterranean, Europe

Common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) on reef, Cap de Creus, Costa Brava, Spain, Mediterranean, Europe

Common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) on reef, Cap de Creus, Costa Brava, Spain, Mediterranean, Europe

Eyes of common octopus (Octopus vulgaris), Cap de Creus, Costa Brava, Spain, Mediterranean, Europe

Oriental hornet (Vespa orientalis) using its jaws to detach two suckersfrom Common Octopus tentacle as it hangs in the sun to tenderise. Skala Sikaminia harbour, Lesbos (Lesvos) Greece. MORE INFO: The yellow parts of this hornet's cuticle absorb sunlight and the pigment xanthopterin converts light into electrical energy.

Whole Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris) and pairs of tentacles hanging in the sun against blue sky before cooking, Skala Sikaminia harbour, Lesbos (Lesvos), Greece.

Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris). St Abbs Reserve, Berwickshire, Scotland. (A4 only).

Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris). St Abbs Reserve, Berwickshire, Scotland. (RR)

Whole Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris) and pairs of tentacles hanging in the sun before cooking, Skala Sikaminia harbour, Lesbos (Lesvos), Greece.

Common Octopus (Octopus cyaneus). Seychelles (RR)

Portrait of Mediterranean common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) on a sponge.

Close up of the eggs of a common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) in an advanced state of maturation; the eyes of the small octopuses can already be seen. The mother takes care of the eggs, protecting and aerating them without stopping, not eating anymore after laying them, and dying immediately after hatching.

Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris), sitting on hard coral, back light, sun, Indian Ocean, Maldives, Asia

Common octopus Octopus vulgaris), mating, male on left inserts mating arm into mantle cavity on female's siphon transfers sperm-filled capsule, Red Sea, Aqaba, Kingdom of Jordan

Eye of common octopus (Oktopus vulgaris), Red Sea, Aqaba, Kingdom of Jordan

Juvenile octopus Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris) on sandy seabed, Mediterranean Sea

Canada, British Columbia, Giant pacific octopus with diver viewing down.

Common Octopus, Octopus vulgaris, Tamariu, Costa Brava, Mediterranean Sea, Spain

Common Octopus, Octopus vulgaris, Tamariu, Costa Brava, Mediterranean Sea, Spain

common octopus eye of common octopus close up view portrait Spain (Octopus vulgaris)

common octopus common octopus on the reef portrait Spain (Octopus vulgaris)

Common octopus (Octopus vulgaris), followed from painted comber (Serranus scriba). Marine Protected area Punta Campanella, Massa Lubrense, Penisola Sorrentina, Costa Amalfitana, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean

Octopus, Octopus vulgaris, Marine Protected area Punta Campanella, Massa Lubrense, Penisola Sorrentina, Costa Amalfitana, Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea, Mediterranean