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Octopus (Muusoctopus johnsonianus? or new species) from Gulf of Mexico
No full textThis one is a Muusoctopus (the new name for Benthoctopus). It is not Muusoctopus januarii and certainly not Pteroctopus tetracirrhus. It might be a Muusoctopus johnsonianus but they are usually paler that this with more distinct reverse countershading. I suspect that there are undescribed species in the Gulf of Mexico and this may be one.
Octopus with 2 rows of suckers on each arm and 8 arms. This narrows it down a bit. It is a female as no reproductive arm (hectocotylus) is visible on the third right arm. An old reference on the recorded deep-water octopus from the GoM (Voss, 1956) seems out of date compared to modern knowledge
Lesser spotted dogfish
No full textApparently undisturbed by the presence of the ROV.An encounter with a lesser spotted dogfish resting on the sea bed during ROV survey. (Also known as a catshark