Video of Eledone Leach 1817
Description:
Description: An octopus alarmed by the ROV releases ink as a defense mechanism
Item Type: Video
Title: Octopus (Eledone cirrhosa)
Copyright: SERPENT Project
Species: Eledone cirrhosa
Behaviour: Escape
Site: Atlantic -- Irish Shelf -- Cashel
Site Description: Seafloor
Depth (m): 174
Latitude: 54 deg 42' 23" N
Longitude: 10 deg 26' 20" W
Countries: Republic of Ireland
Habitat: Benthic
Rig: Ocean Vanguard
Project Partners: StatoilHydro, Oceaneering, Diamond Offshore
ROV: Magnum 085
Deposited By: Dr Andrew Gates
Deposited On: 08 August 2008
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Spiralia (spiralians)
- Mollusca (molluscs)
- Cephalopoda (cephalopods)
- Coleoidea (coleoids)
- Octopodiformes
- Octopoda (devilfishes)
- Incirrata
- Octopodoidea
- Eledonidae
- Eledone
- Neocoleoidea
- Eledone cirrhosa (Curled octopus)
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