| Image Reference Number: | 005321 |
| Common Name: | Hydrothermal vent octopus |
| Scientific Name: | Vulcanoctopus hydrothermalis |
| Location: | Hydrothermal Vents, Equatorial Pacific |
| Description: | The hydrothermal vent octopus Vulcanoctopus. This remarkable species lives near black smokers, where it preys upon the many small crustaceans that thrive there. |