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Dec 20, 2016 · 'Ghost octopus' has heartbreaking parenting strategy. New photos reveal that animals like Casper die to protect their young. 20 Dec 2016. By Christopher Schrader. Courtesy of NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Hohonu Moana 2016. Share: This little white octopus, dubbed "Casper," certainly looks cute.
Mar 4, 2016 · A pale, gelatinous octopod without fins was discovered by NOAA's Okeanos Explorer off Hawaii. Learn about its adaptations, behavior, and why it may be a new species to science.
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- Q: Is Lack of Body Pigment Unusual in Deep Ocean Animals?
- Q: Any Idea How Large This New Octopod is?
- Q: Care to Guess How Old It is?
- Q: What Do They Eat?
- Q: at 2½ Miles Deep How Does This Animal Survive The Crushing Water Pressure?
- Q: Can Scientist Describe A New Species Like This from Just A video?
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Vecchione:No. Lack of pigment is one of the patterns that you see in deep sea animals. There are several groups of deep dwelling animals that are less pigmented than their shallow dwelling relatives. While there is no sunlight at that depth there is light that is produced by bioluminescence, which is why deep dwelling animals still have functional ...
Vecchione: Deep Discovererhas a laser measurement system that uses two parallel lasers 10 centimeters apart and it was turned on during part of the video. Based on that I think the total length of the animal was a little over 10 centimeters maybe 12. Its mantle length [the part of the body above the head, a standard cephalopod measurement] was mayb...
Vecchione:There’s no way of knowing. We used to assume that all cephalopods basically live very short lives but it turns out that this is not necessarily true for deep sea stuff.
Vecchione: What you saw in that video is everything we know about that species. I could speculate it probably was looking for some food or might be looking for a mate, standard biological stuff….
Vecchione:From our experience the water pressure is high but it is normal for an animal that lives there. Usually people think in terms of water pressure crushing something, but this animal has no gas spaces inside it to be compressed, so the pressure inside the animal is the same as the pressure outside the animal. It does have three hearts that p...
Vecchione:Even though there have been species described based on photographic evidence, it is not the best way to go. You pretty much need at least one specimen in hand and preferably several so you can assess variability. And a modern description usually includes a DNA sequence generated from the animal’s tissue. I am not planning on formally desc...
Learn about the ghost octopod, a white and unpigmented cephalopod discovered by NOAA's Deep Discoverer in 2016. Find out how it differs from other octopods, how it survives in the deep sea, and why it is so hard to describe and name.
While exploring the deep sea northeast of Hawaii’s Necker Island with a remotely operated vehicle, scientists aboard the NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer were surp...
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Oct 31, 2021 · The Ghost Octopus is an octopus unlike any one seen before, and it was named thus due its milky white appearance. —Meet Casper, the Ghost Octopus— The Deep Discoverer, also known as D2, is an unmanned exploration vehicle of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Jun 14, 2019 · Learn about the Ghost Octopus, a pale and gelatinous species discovered 2.6 km deep in the Pacific Ocean. Find out how you can help protect its habitat and prevent deep-sea mining.
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Mar 7, 2016 · The ghost octopus is a tiny, pale, and un-finned cephalopod that lives in the deep ocean near Hawaii. It is unlike any other octopus and may belong to a new genus, according to NOAA researchers who found it with their robot.
