A robotic Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) piloted by the Ocean Exploration Trust filmed this genus of Octopus, the bell-shaped Grimpoteuthis, as the ROV maneuvered around a deep-sea reef off the ...

Few deep-sea creatures are as charismatic as the dumbo octopus. It glows pearly white amid the darkness of the deep ocean and propels itself through the chilly water with eight muscular arms ...

The unidentified species of dumbo octopus, from the genus Grimpoteuthis, was spotted Sept. 13 by researchers aboard Ocean Exploration Trust's (OET) Exploration Vessel "Nautilus." The team was ...

Researchers believe the creature is likely to be a new species of Grimpoteuthis, or “Dumbo octopus,” a genus of deep-sea umbrella octopuses named for their fins, which resemble the ears of ...

“It was nice video,” he says, “it was nothing Earth-shattering, but it’s a very nice video of a Grimpoteuthis.” Nothing special for a octopus-man, but we thought it was pretty coo ...

Screengrab from Schmidt Ocean Institute Researchers said it’s the first time the genus, known as Grimpoteuthis, has been seen in the Southeast Pacific, “a sign that the genus may live in a ...

Little is known about the 17 species considered Dumbo octopuses, whose scientific name is Grimpoteuthis spp. “Deep-water creatures, the Grimpoteuthis appear to have adapted to the intense ...

They came across a ghostly octopus. The rarely-seen Grimpoteuthis sp., commonly known as an umbrella octopus, was almost two feet long! RELATED: Huge group of more than 1,000 octopuses spotted off ...

Researchers said it’s the first time the genus, known as Grimpoteuthis, has been seen in the Southeast Pacific, “a sign that the genus may live in a broader area of the ocean than initially ...