Image of Maori octopus

Description:

So great to start exploring a completely different part of Otaipango (at least 1km away from where I usually go) and still find a wheke :) This one was cruising around in the shallow sub tidal of a side gut and lurking in the seaweed, instead of under rocks as the others do at the main part. Due to the orange eyes this is the common octopus.