I have seen them referred to as the Caribbean two spot and bumble bee octopus in addition to bimac and now Maya but never as hummelincki or filosus (name was changed from this to hummelincki). Unfortunately neither Tom nor Dana are aware of hummelincki (or filosus). Tom admits to not really being able to identify the octos
. I have seen exactly 1 in the water snorkeling on the French side of St. Maartin and it is the only octo I have seen in situ (but I don't get out much
). When I asked Tom about getting me one after Octane died he said he has never seen one. I take this to mean that they are not often found in lobster or crab traps (this seems to be a trick of briareus but my first octo - mercatoris - was found in a crab trap). The collector that found both OhToo and Octane had no clue what they were (but did realize OhToo was
another Octane). He has not seen another since OhToo (or it would be in one of my tanks
).
Size is somewhat of a mystery. Serendipity was the size of a dwarf when she brooded and Octane was larger than any of the others being kept at the time. reviewing both of them in the critter keeper, Maya is currently about twice the size of Serendipity. I failed to measure any of them at death but Jana and Garrett measured OhToo after preservation:
Good arm- 9.25 inches (23.876 cm)
Head circumference (very back of head)- 4.5 inches (11.43cm)
Infected eye circumference- 2.25 inches (5.715cm)
Suckerless arm-2.75 inches (6.985cm)
I have not kept a bimac but believe they are both shorter armed (Octane could
stretch a single arm a full 18 inches) and smaller bodied.