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A smaller male (left) reached out with his hectocotylus (modified arm for passing sperm) to mate with a female eef octopus (Octopus cyanea). Father Reef, Lolobau Island, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Bismark Sea, Tropical West Pacific Ocean
- Bismarck Sea
- coral triangle
- Father Reef
- Papua
- Papua New Guinea
- reef octopus: Octopus cyanea
- West New Britain
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