MONTEREY, Calif. -- Just in time for Halloween, scientists exploring an underwater volcano in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary spotted something spooky. They came across a ghostly octopus. The ...
A biologist brought a new octopus species to light from depths of more than 4,000 meters in the North Pacific Ocean. Researchers have now published the species description and named the animal ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Sitting on soft-substrate bottom From: Vecchione, M. and R.E Young. 1997. Aspects of the functional morphology of cirrate octopods: locomotion and ...
A new species of deep-sea dwelling dumbo octopus called Grimpoteuthis imperator sp. nov. has been described using a combination of MRI, micro-CT and minimally invasive gene analysis rather than ...
During the Oct. 23, 2018 dive of the ROV Hercules, part of the Nautilus exploration program, a cirrate octopod of the Grimpoteuthis species swam into view. Using the scaling lasers aboard the ROV, the ...
Whoever said that Dumbo the Flying Elephant wasn’t real?? He was actually an octopus not an elephant. Dumbo octopuses (Grimpoteuthis sp. shown above) elegantly glide along the seafloor eating snails ...
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The Dumbo Octopus, also known as Grimpoteuthis, is a fascinating deep-sea dweller. It belongs to the umbrella octopus family and stands out for its unique appearance, including a pair of ear-like fins ...
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