Vitreledonellidae (Vitreledonella richardi) videotaped from submersibles. (1) Taken as the submersible approached the octopods off Hawaii- note that the video shows two octopods, one engulfed within the web of the other (courtesy C. Young, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, USA, and the University of Hawaii HURL Program).

From: Young R.E., M. Vecchione and D.T. Donovan. 1998. The evolution of coleoid cephalopods and their present biodiversity and ecology. Payne, A.L., L. Lipinski, M.R. Clarke and M.A.C. Roeleveld (eds.),Cephalopod Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution. S. Afr. J.mar. Sci. 20:393-420.

Online abstract: http://invertebrates.si.edu/cephs/yvd98/yvd98.html

To see other cephalopod videos: http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?fq=online_media_type%3A%22Video+recordings%22&q=&fq=tax_class:%22Cephalopoda%22



Author: smithsonianNMNH
Source: YouTube