Hydrothermal vent octopus
SKU 29338 Categories Deep-sea Invertebrates, Octopus and Squid Tags alien, black smoker, Cephalopoda, Coleoidea, colourless, eye, grotesque, head, Hydrothermal vent octopus, Mollusca, Octopoda, Octopodidae, pale, predator, Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis
Image ID: | 29338 |
Common Name: | Hydrothermal vent octopus |
Scientific Name: | Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis |
Description: | Head and shoulders of an alien? No, this is the body of 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 |
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