Octopus from Mauritania (Benthoctopus sp.?)

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Octopus from Mauritania (Benthoctopus sp.?)Octopus from Mauritania (Benthoctopus sp.?)Octopus from Mauritania (Benthoctopus sp.?)

Description

Octopus from Mauritania. Has two rows of suckers on each arm. Female, as no modified 3rd right arm.

Item Type:Image
Title:Octopus from Mauritania (Benthoctopus sp.?)
Creator(s):Jones, Daniel
Date:23 October 2004
Time:17:10
Classification:Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca (Molluscs) > Class Cephalopoda (Octopus & Squids) > Octopoda (Octopus) > Octopodidae (Octopus)
Species:Benthoctopus sp.?
Behaviour:on seabed
Site:Atlantic > Northern Tropical Atlantic > Tiof
Site Description:Seafloor
Depth (m):1313
Latitude:17 deg 56' 18" N
Longitude:16 deg 52' 03" W
Northing:1982367
Easting:302868
UTM Zone:28
Countries:West Africa > Mauritania
Substratum:soft sediment
Rig:Boa Deep C
Project Partners:Woodside, Oceaneering
ROV:Millenium 22
Keywords:octopus, mauritania, benthoctopus
Deposited By:Dr Daniel Jones
Deposited On:29 January 2010

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