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The octopus has been found as far south as Namibian waters and as far north as British waters. [5] In the early 1900s, many octopuses living all over the Atlantic and Indian oceans were classed as Opisthoteuthis grimaldii, but later scientists decided that only those specimens found in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean actually belonged to the species ...
Opisthoteuthis philipii is an octopus of the Indian Ocean. It lives off the coast of Kerala, India. [ 3 ] Known specimens were found between 275–365 m (902–1,198 ft) deep in the Arabian Sea [ 1 ] near Alappuzha .
Some species are adapted to the cold, ocean depths. The spoon-armed octopus (Bathypolypus arcticus) is found at depths of 1,000 m (3,300 ft), and Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis lives near hydrothermal vents at 2,000 m (6,600 ft). [29] The cirrate species are often free-swimming and live in deep-water habitats. [38]
The octopus garden is believed to be home to some 20,000 female octopuses
Researchers have documented an active octopus nursery, where hundreds of the deep-sea creatures cluster together to brood their eggs. Rare octopus discovery made 2 miles below the ocean surface ...
The informally named Casper octopus species were first discovered in 2016 in the Pacific Ocean, in water off Hawaii. [1] The two distinct Casper species are new to science but have not yet been formally named with a binomial name as no specimens have yet been collected - they are only known from imagery.
Referred to as Octlantis, the underwater town off Australia's coast hosts members of the Octopus tetricus species, commonly known as the gloomy octopus.
Grimpoteuthis imperator, also known as the Emperor Dumbo octopus, is a species of deep-sea octopus in the family Grimpoteuthidae. The species is known from a single male specimen found in the Emperor Seamounts in the north Pacific off the coast of Japan in 2021. It was found at depths of 3900–4400m. [1]