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.


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