ob
Mar 22nd, 2006, 04:05am
OK, there's another one for us to grind our teeth on... Will look up on tolweb and/or cephbase, but in the meanwhile....
© 2005 James D. Watt/Image Quest Marine
© 2005 James D. Watt/Image Quest Marine
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View Full Version : Pelagic Octopus ob Mar 22nd, 2006, 04:05am OK, there's another one for us to grind our teeth on... Will look up on tolweb and/or cephbase, but in the meanwhile.... © 2005 James D. Watt/Image Quest Marine mucktopus Mar 22nd, 2006, 10:29am Looks like O. defilippi paralarva- an Atlantic octo. It was originally described as its own beast- the Macrotritopus larva, but Forsythe and Hanlon reared one and ID'd the adult. A nice full-paged profile of this animal graced the back of a dive gear catalog a few years back. chrono_war01 Mar 22nd, 2006, 10:58am That animal is beautiful.... ob Mar 22nd, 2006, 01:06pm Looks like O. defilippi paralarva- an Atlantic octo. It was originally described as its own beast- the Macrotritopus larva, but Forsythe and Hanlon reared one and ID'd the adult. A nice full-paged profile of this animal graced the back of a dive gear catalog a few years back. Good call! Looks like that's the burger: I found this to be the closest match I could find, which turns out to be Hanlon's little discovery as discribed above :grin: |