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Opisthoteuthis albatrossi is a small octopus; its total length is 15 to 20 cm (6 to 8 in). [6] Each arm has more than 80 suckers, and males have some very enlarged suckers, typical to opisthoteuthids.
Chaunacops was first proposed as a genus in 1899 by the American ichthyologist Samuel Garman when he described Chaunacops coloratus as a new species. [1] C. coloratus was described from the "Pacific over Cocos Ridge" at 5°43'N, 85°50'W, named as Albatross station 3363 at a depth of 978 fathoms (1,789 m). [2]
Charles Henry Gilbert (December 5, 1859 in Rockford, Illinois – April 20, 1928 in Palo Alto, California) was a pioneer ichthyologist and fishery biologist of particular significance to natural history of the western United States.
The short-tailed albatross or Steller's albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) is a large rare seabird from the North Pacific. Although related to the other North Pacific albatrosses , it also exhibits behavioural and morphological links to the albatrosses of the Southern Ocean .
The Albatross about my Neck was Hung: 1896 etching by William Strang illustrating Coleridge's 1798 poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The most important family culturally is the albatrosses, which have been described by one author as "the most legendary of birds". [76]
Sailors designed mariner motifs of their own, according to their travel experiences in the ocean. The anchor is commonly used in sailor tattoos, which were supposed to prevent a sailor from floating away from the ship, should he fall overboard. The words 'HOLD FAST' tattooed on the knuckles would prevent a sailor from falling from aloft. [60] [61]
The opening episode shows how ocean life is regulated around the globe by currents and the varying position of the Sun. Near a Pacific seamount , there is a large concentration of marine animals because when the current makes contact with the submerged rock, it forces upwards plankton and other organisms.
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