Mimic octopus
Thaumoctopus mimicus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Cephalopoda
- Order
- Octopoda
- Family
- Octopodidae
- Genus
- Thaumoctopus
- Species
- Thaumoctopus mimicus
The mimic octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) is famous for imitating venomous animals such as lionfish, sea snakes and flatfish.
It reaches around 60 cm including arms and lives on open sand and silt, hunting in burrows.
It is one of the headline critters of Philippine muck diving.