Description: Two tentacle rows makes this either Benthoctopus or Bathypolypus. More likely Benthoctopus.
Item Type: Image
Title: Octopus
Copyright: SERPENT project
Species: Benthoctopus sp.
Behaviour: On the seafloor, sheltering by a rock.
Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- TornadoNorth Sea -- West of Shetland -- Tornado
Site Description: Seafloor
Depth (m): 1050
Latitude: 60 deg 33' 44" N
Longitude: 4 deg 27' 23" W
Countries: UK -- West of Shetland
Habitat: benthic
Rig: Stena Carron
Project Partners: OMV, Oceaneering, Stena
ROV: Magnum 156
Deposited By: Dr Daniel Jones
Deposited On: 23 December 2009