| Image ID: | 29531 |
| Common Name: | Hydrothermal vent octopus |
| Scientific Name: | Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis |
| Description: | The hydrothermal vent octopus Vulcanoctopus. This remarkable species lives near black smokers, where it preys upon the many small crustaceans that thrive there. |
| Location: | Hydrothermal Vents, Equatorial Pacific |
| Keywords: | Hydrothermal vent octopus, Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis, predator, black smoker, Mollusca, Cephalopoda, Coleoidea, Octopoda, Octopodidae, pale, colourless, alien, grotesque, head, eye, tentacle |
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