Video: Video of Cirrate Octopod aka Dumbo Octopus

This octopod is sometimes called a “Dumbo” octopod because its fins resemble the ears of Disney’s Dumbo the elephant. The video was recorded in 2003 on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge by the Russian manned submersible MIR 2. More about deep ocean exploration can be found in our Deep Ocean Exploration featured story. Note: this video contains no audio. 

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"Dumbo" octopus.

This specimen superficially resembles a Vampyroteuthis infernalis, maybe without the photophors. I would like to learn something on its taxonomy...

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 09/18/2012 - 4:36am.

Re: "Dumbo" octopus

Hi there,

This is a dumbo octopus from the genus Grimpoteuthis. You can learn more about it on the Encyclopedia of Life (http://eol.org/pages/51035/overview). We'll try to upload some more information about it soon.

Thanks for commenting and visiting the Ocean Portal.

Submitted by Ocean Portal Team on Tue, 09/18/2012 - 10:36am.

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