Amphioctopus marginatus Octopus Resting in Shell

This is a veined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) resting comfortably inside a bivalve shell. It was early in the morning, after the octopus's prime hours of nocturnal activity. Photographed in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

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This is a veined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) resting comfortably inside a bivalve shell. It was early in the morning, after the octopus's prime hours of nocturnal activity. Photographed in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.