Individually Unique Body Color Patterns in Octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus) Allow for Photoidentification

Christine L. Huffard; Roy L. Caldwell; Ned DeLoach; David Wayne Gentry; Paul Humann; Bill MacDonald; Bruce Moore; Richard Ross; Takako Uno; Stephen Wong

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003732

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Individually Unique Body Color Patterns in Octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus) Allow for Photoidentification

Christine L. Huffard ,

* E-mail: chuffard@berkeley.edu

Affiliation Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, California, United States of America
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Roy L. Caldwell,

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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Ned DeLoach,

Affiliation New World Publications, Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America
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David Wayne Gentry,

Affiliation Dallas, Texas, United States of America
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Paul Humann,

Affiliation New World Publications, Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America
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Bill MacDonald,

Affiliation Bill Macdonald Productions, Venice, California, United States of America
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Bruce Moore,

Affiliation Black Sand Dive Retreat, Kasawari, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Richard Ross,

Affiliation Steinhart Aquarium, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Takako Uno,

Affiliation Homantin, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Stephen Wong

Affiliation Homantin, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Individually Unique Body Color Patterns in Octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus) Allow for Photoidentification

Christine L. Huffard,
Roy L. Caldwell,
Ned DeLoach,
David Wayne Gentry,
Paul Humann,
Bill MacDonald,
Bruce Moore,
Richard Ross,
Takako Uno,
Stephen Wong

Published: November 14, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003732

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Alternate ways to contribute photos

Posted by chuffard on 26 Aug 2009 at 06:16 GMT

Photos of Wunderpus, along with ecological information, for use in this monitoring program can also be submitted directly to: wunderpix {*at*} gmail {*dot*} com

No competing interests declared.

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