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Some Antarctic and deep-sea octopuses.
Clockwise from top left:
Pareledone charcoti (credit: L. Allcock)
Thaumeledone gunteri (credit: I. Everson)
Adelieledone polymorpha (credit: L. Allcock)
Megaledone setebos (credit: M. Rauschert)
Some specimens from the genus Pareledone, which are found in the Antarctic.
Clockwise from top left: Pareledone felix, Pareledone serperastrata, Pareledone aequipapillae, Pareledone aurata, Pareledone cornuta, Pareledone charcoti, Pareledone albimaculata, Pareledone panchroma.
[Images: Mike Vecchione, Uwe Piatkowski, Louise Allcock]
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This juvenile glass squid (Bathothauma lyromma) haunts the waters with stalked, bulbous eyes and two short arms. Like many glass squids, members of this species contain light-emitting organs on their lower surfaces, which are used to fool predators and obscure the silhouette of their eyes.
Photo: Solvin Zankl
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blue octopus by Marko_Heidrich
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