Octopus (Muusoctopus johnsonianus? or new species) from Gulf of Mexico
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 An old reference on the recorded deep-water octopus from the GoM (Voss, 1956) seems out of date compared to modern knowledge.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 |
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| Title: | Octopus (Muusoctopus johnsonianus? or new species) from Gulf of Mexico |
| Creator(s): | Jones, Daniel |
| Identification: | Vecchione, Mike and Jones, Daniel |
| Date: | 04 March 2008 |
| Time: | 23:27:15 |
| Classification: | Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca (Molluscs) > Class Cephalopoda (Octopus & Squids) > Octopoda (Octopus) > Octopodidae (Octopus) |
| 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 |
| Northing: | 10065506.91 |
| Easting: | 110349.65 |
| UTM Zone: | 16 |
| Countries: | USA > USA: Gulf of Mexico |
| Rig: | MV Geoholm |
| ROV: | Triton XLS 11 |
| Keywords: | Octopus |
| Deposited By: | Dr Daniel Jones |
| Deposited On: | 06 August 2013 |
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