| Image Reference Number: | 005320 |
| Common Name: | Hydrothermal vent octopus |
| Scientific Name: | Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis |
| Location: | Hydrothermal Vents, Equatorial Pacific |
| Description: | Head and shoulders of an alien? No, this is the body of the hydrothermal vent octopus Vulcanoctopus. This remarkable species lives near black smokers, where it preys upon the many small crustaceans that thrive there. |