Image of the Day: Deep-Sea Ghosts
This deep-sea octopod, as yet unnamed, could be at risk from habitat destruction due to underwater mining operations.
Dec 20, 2016
NOAA OFFICE OF OCEAN EXPLORATION AND RESEARCH
(See A. Purser et al., “Association of deep-sea incirrate octopods with manganese crusts and nodule fields in the Pacific Ocean,” Current Biology, doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.10.052, 2016.)
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