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Coral Sea, Duration 31 seconds
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South Pacific Ocean, Shot at night, Duration 14 seconds
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Cerbère Pyrénées-Orientales France
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Cephalopods. Octopus lentus Verrill
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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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Description: An octopus alarmed by the ROV releases ink as a defense mechanism Item Type: Video Title: Octopus (Eledone cirrhosa) Copyright: SERPENT Project Species: Eledone cirrhosa Behaviour: Escape Site: Atlantic -- Irish Shelf -- Cashel Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 174 Latitude: 54 deg 42' 23" N Longitude: 10 deg 26' 20" W Countries: Republic of Ireland Habitat: Benthic Rig: Ocean Vanguard Project Partners: StatoilHydro, Oceaneering, Diamond Offshore ROV: Magnum 085 Deposited By: Dr Andrew Gates Deposited On: 08 August 2008
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Description: This one is a Muusoctopus (the new name for Benthoctopus). It is not Muusoctopus januarii and certainly not Pteroctopus tetracirrhus. It might be a Muusoctopus johnsonianus but they are usually paler that this with more distinct reverse countershading. I suspect that there are undescribed species in the Gulf of Mexico and this may be one.
Octopus with 2 rows of suckers on each arm and 8 arms. This narrows it down a bit. It is a female as no reproductive arm (hectocotylus) is visible on the third right arm. An old reference on the recorded deep-water octopus from the GoM (Voss, 1956) seems out of date compared to modern knowledge. Item Type: Image Title: Octopus (Muusoctopus johnsonianus? or new species) from Gulf of Mexico Species: Muusoctopus johnsonianus Site: Atlantic -- Gulf of Mexico -- Gulf of Mexico Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 1816 Latitude: 27 deg 20' 00" N Longitude: 88 deg 12' 00" W Countries: USA -- USA: Gulf of Mexico Rig: MV Geoholm ROV: Triton XLS 11 Deposited By: Dr Daniel Jones Deposited On: 06 August 2013
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Indo-Pacific, Shot at dusk, Duration 47 seconds
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Coral Sea, Duration 14 seconds
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South Pacific Ocean, Shot at night, Duration 21 seconds
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Cerbère Pyrénées-Orientales France
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Cephalopods. Octopus piscatorum Verrill; Parasira catenulata Steenst
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Description: An octopus looks on from behind a cerianthid Item Type: Image Title: Cerianthid and Octopus Copyright: SERPENT Project Species: Eledone cirrhosa Behaviour: Resting Site: Atlantic -- Irish Shelf -- Cashel Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 174 Latitude: 54 deg 42' 23" N Longitude: 10 deg 26' 20" W Countries: Republic of Ireland Habitat: Benthic Rig: Ocean Vanguard Project Partners: StatoilHydro, Oceaneering, Diamond Offshore ROV: Magnum 085 Deposited By: Dr Andrew Gates Deposited On: 12 November 2008
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Description: This one is a Muusoctopus (the new name for Benthoctopus). It is not Muusoctopus januarii and certainly not Pteroctopus tetracirrhus. It might be a Muusoctopus johnsonianus but they are usually paler that this with more distinct reverse countershading. I suspect that there are undescribed species in the Gulf of Mexico and this may be one.
Octopus with 2 rows of suckers on each arm and 8 arms. This narrows it down a bit. It is a female as no reproductive arm (hectocotylus) is visible on the third right arm. An old reference on the recorded deep-water octopus from the GoM (Voss, 1956) seems out of date compared to modern knowledge. Item Type: Image Title: Octopus (Muusoctopus johnsonianus? or new species) from Gulf of Mexico Species: Muusoctopus johnsonianus Site: Atlantic -- Gulf of Mexico -- Gulf of Mexico Site Description: Seafloor Depth (m): 1816 Latitude: 27 deg 20' 00" N Longitude: 88 deg 12' 00" W Countries: USA -- USA: Gulf of Mexico Rig: MV Geoholm ROV: Triton XLS 11 Deposited By: Dr Daniel Jones Deposited On: 06 August 2013
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Indo-Pacific, Shot at dusk, Duration 19 seconds