Little Octopus from the Lembeh Strait

[Nick Hope]

Help with ID please! I videoed this little octopus at "TK3" in the Lembeh Strait, Indonesia, at 4m depth/28°C. It was about 10-15mm long. There was a little bit of discussion at https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153927112802746 in which juvenile Amphioctopus aegina and juvenile mimic octopus were suggested.

 

[DWhatley]

@Neogonodactylus
@mucktopus

 

[DWhatley]

@Nick Hope
I messaged @mucktopus after your post but she had disappeared off the on-line planet for a few months. She did return my pm today with the following,

My guess is it's O cyanea based on the proportions, the papillae and the pattern around the eye. Though it could be a little beast that might be Amphioctopus kagoshimensis. I've never gotten a definitive ID but think it's in Lembeh.

 

[Nick Hope]

Thank you. I've never knowingly seen either Octopus cyanea or Amphioctopus kagoshimensis in the Lembeh Strait but of course that's not to say that they're not there. I made a video of the footage I have in case it helps: