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A random thought: there might not be two distinct lateral vents in the body, there could be a single vent belting the ventral surface and we're just seeing a corner of that in the pics.
Following up on ob's sketch, here's one of my own. Has anyone got a close-up of the water pores at the base of Tremoctopus's arms? I drew this whilst thinking ceph but without being wedded to the Tremoctopus theory. I see similarities in bauplan to other, smaller octopods like Japetella and Bolitaena, too. I'm pretty solidly on the side of ceph, but I've no specific dog in this hunt.
Cheers,
Clem
Following up on ob's sketch, here's one of my own. Has anyone got a close-up of the water pores at the base of Tremoctopus's arms? I drew this whilst thinking ceph but without being wedded to the Tremoctopus theory. I see similarities in bauplan to other, smaller octopods like Japetella and Bolitaena, too. I'm pretty solidly on the side of ceph, but I've no specific dog in this hunt.
Cheers,
Clem