Scientists spotted the octopus while on board the research vessel Investigator in 2022. Australia’s national scientific ...

A tiny deep-sea octopus with large eyes and blood-red tentacles, named Carnarvon flapjack, has been recently discovered.

These body parts, found on the sides of their bodies ... reaching the tips of the arms. A Dumbo octopus displaying a body posture that had never before been observed before in cirrate octopods.

characterized by their ability to flatten their body to resemble a pancake – or flapjack, as the Americans like to say, apparently – or plump themselves up to look like a gelatinous candy. They are ...

which is the deepest part of the ocean. It includes anywhere that is more than 7,000 metres below the surface. It's possible different species of Dumbo octopus could occupy different depth ranges.

The mysterious dumbo octopus was spotted by National Oceanic ... a muscular bag that holds all the body organs and gills. Enjoy up-close views of its textured and somewhat translucent skin while ...

bell-shaped body, pale coloring, and tendency to hover over the seafloor, and you’ve got a cephalopod that’s often called the cutest octopus in the world. Dumbo octopuses live at extreme ...

The octopus' semitranslucent, bell-shaped body could be mistaken ... In 2020, two dumbo octopuses were found at depths of more than 20,000 feet (6,100 meters), in the hadal zone, the deepest part of ...

It is a small octopus, with a body length up to 40 mm, and has an orange-brown coloration. "Dumbo octopus are a rare ... Opisthoteuthidae), Part II northwestern Australia and adjacent waters ...

Scientists exploring the deep waters near the Hawaiian Islands spotted a rare "Dumbo" octopus about a mile below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. The octopus was seen on an unnamed seamount in ...

“I’m glad we got to see a live one,” researchers can be heard saying on a video feed of the Dumbo, shared last week as part of the NOAA ... more shallow-water octopus species.” ...