Mimic octopus
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| Mimic octopus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Octopodidae |
| Genus: | Thaumoctopus Norman & Hochberg, 2005 |
| Species: | T. mimicus |
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| Thaumoctopus mimicus (Norman & Hochberg, 2005) |
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The Mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) is a type of octopus that can mimic flatfish, starfish, eels, sea snakes, coral and more kinds of animals. It grows up to be 60 cm (2 feet) in length. It lives off the coast of southeast Asia, and it was discovered in 1998. Its coloring is brown and white stripes or spots.
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