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Title: Mating Octopus. Thailand.
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A pair of day octopus (Octopus cyanea) mating. The male, on the right, it passing his sperm to the female, on the left, by placing it under her mantle. His arm is visible on her body next to her syphon. Similan Islands, Thailand. Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean.
- Andaman Sea
- Cephalopods: Cephalopoda
- coral reef
- critter
- day octopus: Octopus cyanea
- Indian Ocean
- Invertebrates
- Marine Life
- Mollusks: Mollusca
- muck dive
- muck diving
- Octopodidae
- Octopus: Octopoda
- reprodcution
- reproduction
- sex
- South East Asia
- Thailand
- tropical
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