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Dumbo Octopus, being cute on a lobate lava flow in the Axial Caldera. Video credit: OOI-NSF/UW/CSSF; V13
Dumbo Octopus, being cute on a lobate lava flow in the Axial Caldera. Video credit: OOI-NSF/UW/CSSF; V13
A dumbo octopus (Grimpoteuthis) at the Axial Base site at 2600 m water depth. Identified by cephalopod experts Stephanie Bush (MBARI) and Mike Vecchione (Smithsonian) Credit: UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF, Dive R1739, V14.
A Dumbo Octopus spotted during ROV ROPOS dive R1465. Credit: UW/OOI-NSF/CSSF, ROPOS Dive R1465, V13.
A small Flapjack octopus sits atop a lobate flow at the summit of Axial Seamount – water depth ~ 1500 m (nearly 5000 feet beneath the surface). Credit: UW/OOI-NSF/CSSF, V13.
This octopus, nicknamed the Flapjack Octopus, on pillow basalts at the summit of Axial’s Eastern caldera. Credit: UW/OOI-NSF/CSSF, ROPOS Dive R1608, V13.
This Flapjack Octopus floated gently above the seafloor for several minutes as we watched it through the eyes of the ROV ROPOS. Credit: UW/OOI-NSF/CSSF, V11.
This Flapjack Octopus was imaged by the Canadian robotic vehicle ROPOS at a water depth of 5728 feet on Axial Seamount. Photo credit: OOI-NSF/UW/CSSF, V11