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 |
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| 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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