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The cirrate species are often free-swimming and live in deep-water habitats. [38] Although several species are known to live at bathyal and abyssal depths, there is only a single indisputable record of an octopus in the hadal zone ; a species of Grimpoteuthis (dumbo octopus) photographed at 6,957 m (22,825 ft). [ 78 ]
The only other possible contender for the largest species of octopus is the seven-arm octopus (Haliphron atlanticus), based on a 61-kilogram (134-pound), incomplete carcass estimated to have a live mass of 75 kg (165 lb). [14] [15]
The common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) is a mollusk belonging to the class Cephalopoda. Octopus vulgaris is one of the most studied of all octopus species, and also one of the most intelligent. It ranges from the eastern Atlantic, extends from the Mediterranean Sea and the southern coast of England , to the southern coast of South Africa.
East Pacific red octopus, rescued from a gull near Los Osos, California. Octopus rubescens (commonly the East Pacific red octopus which is a Cephalopod, and also known as the ruby octopus, a preferred common name due to the abundance of octopus species colloquially known as red octopus [1]) is the most commonly occurring shallow-water octopus on much of the North American West Coast and a ...
The Nautilus crew couldn't resist the cuteness of the octopus nicknamed Dumbo. ... They tend to live on the seafloor or hover just slightly above, at the depths of 9800 to 13000 ft ...
This also makes it the longest-living octopus – most octopuses only live for 1 or 2 years – which this octopus beats with its brooding period alone. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Female Graneledone boreopacifica tend to brood their eggs between the depths of 1,200 and 2,000 metres (3,900 and 6,600 ft); the eggs were never unattended.
Scientists spotted a rare “Dumbo” octopus over 5,500 feet deep in the waters off the Hawaiian islands.. The creature, named after the Disney cartoon for the large pair of flapping fins ...
A rare “Dumbo” octopus, which resembles the title character of the 1941 Disney film, has been spotted during a deep sea dive. The creature was captured on an EVNautilus live stream, a research ...