A tiny deep-sea octopus with large eyes and blood-red tentacles, named Carnarvon flapjack, has been recently discovered.

It is a type of cirrate or “dumbo” octopus of which there are 50 described species worldwide and 15 recorded from Australian ...

The Carnarvon flapjack octopus is a small, gelatinous deep-sea octopus that grows to around 4 centimeters diameter, but little is known about its ecology or lifestyle. Flapjack octopuses are a ...

A new species of flapjack octopus, with massive eyes and blood-red tentacles, has been discovered from a deep-sea canyon off the coast of Australia. The new species has been named Opisthoteuthis ...

Scientists found a deep-sea creature with “massive eyes” in ... or the Carnarvon flapjack octopus. A pair of Opisthoteuthis carnarvonensis, or Carnarvon flapjack octopuses.

This small and biased ... Each time scientists go on a deep sea expedition, they encounter previously unknown species. In 2018, a team at MBARI discovered an “Octopus Garden” of as many ...

The Carnarvon flapjack octopus was collected by scientists on a 2022 CSIRO research voyage, but it wasn't named until last ...

In the twilight depths of the Gulf of Mexico, about as deep down as a football field is long, U.S. Navy divers carefully snip ...

A frightening scene deep in the ocean showed how brutal aquatic life can be when it comes to survival of the fittest. The Maori Octopus is one of the kings of the sea, with his lon ...

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