Classification: Octopoda (Octopus)


Number of items: 10.

Cephalopoda (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Rockall Bank
Depth (m): 299

Cirrate octopus (4 files)
Site: Atlantic > Central Atlantic > Ghana
Regions > West Africa > Ghana

Depth (m): 1348
Behaviour: Swimming

Grimpoteuthis sp. (1 file)
Site: Indian > Indian Ocean > East Africa > Zafarani
Depth (m): 2601

Grimpoteuthis sp. (1 file)
Site: Indian > Indian Ocean > East Africa
Depth (m): 1144
Behaviour: Moving slowly over the seabed. Video available on SERPENT Project You Tube Channel: https://youtu.be/3N_QWaJIgUY

Muusoctopus (4 files)
Site: Atlantic > Central Atlantic > Ghana
Regions > West Africa > Ghana

Depth (m): 1623
Behaviour: Associated with subsea structure

Octopod (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Whittard Canyon
Depth (m): -1266.78

Octopus (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > North Sea > West of Shetland > Tornado
North Sea > West of Shetland > Tornado

Depth (m): 1050
Behaviour: On the seafloor, sheltering by a rock.

Octopus (0 files)
Site: Atlantic > North Sea > West of Shetland > Tornado
North Sea > West of Shetland > Tornado

Depth (m): 1050
Behaviour: On the seafloor, sheltering by a rock.

Octopus (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > North Sea > West of Shetland > Tornado
North Sea > West of Shetland > Tornado

Depth (m): 1050
Behaviour: Taking off from seabed.

Octopus (1 file)
Site: Atlantic > Central Atlantic > Ivory Coast > Espoir Field, Block CI-26
Depth (m): 100
Behaviour: Resting on seafloor, moving arms

This list was generated on Thu Sep 10 18:14:53 BST 2020.


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