This colour seemed to be related to activity - when the octopus was moving quickly across the pool it often took on this dark texture.
The octopus often went this pale colour when it was over the blue/grey rocks. Possibly copying the colour on the sides of the rock pool.
These two sharks harassed swimmers in the shallows as well as annoying fishermen by stealing their catch.
I fed the octopus every day, and the various triplefin fishes also benefitted. There were about 50 in the rock pool and they quickly learned that I was a source of food.
Well, almost. I gave the octopus a small mullet carcass which was totally gone by the next day - no remains left that I could see.
I would have loved this shell for my collection but unfortunately it was already spoken for so I made do with a few photos instead. The shell is Maurea sp and about 40mm wide. The hermit crab is probably Pagurus sp.
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