#casper octopus

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Todays cephalopod is little lilac!!!!

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Casper octopus?

Daily Cephalopod #150

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"Casper Octopus in the Deep Sea of the Cook Islands

Our Corps of Exploration witnessed this Casper octopod from the suborder Incirrata while exploring a series of knoll hills in the central region of the Cook Islands' waters. Using the ROV Little Hercules, we were diving over 4,100 meters (13,000+ feet) deep when we spotted this roaming cephalopod, still mostly unknown to scientists. With an arm span less than 20 centimeters, this petite white or violet octopus was nicknamed Casper when first spotted in 2016, more than 3,000 miles north in the Hawaiian Islands. While no formal species name has yet been given to these animals (as no specimens have been collected), scientists estimate that Casper octopods may be the deepest-dwelling octopus species that lacks fins." - nautiluslive.org

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quick school doobles

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Casper the Ghost Octopus

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Oceanographers find underwater mountain bigger than Mount Olympus | CNN

A team of oceanographers led by Schmidt Ocean Institute have discovered and mapped a new seamount on the Nazca Ridge 900 miles off the coast