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The Schmidt Ocean Institute recently announced a set of absolutely incredible results from one of their expeditions 2 miles below the seas of Costa Rica.
Near a rocky outcrop called El Dorado Hill, the marine scientists identified four new species of octopus photographed a rarely-seen octopus hatchery, and documented their life around a series of hydrothermal vents with video and photographs in a zone where the light doesn’t reach.
The first expedition conducted by the Schmidt Institute took place in June of last year, while the second followed in December, when the team was able to confirm that these nurseries seem to be active year-round.
At the hatchery, the females were photographed incubating their eggs with their suckers pointing out as a defense strategy. According to Smithsonian, it can take years for the eggs to hatch this way, but the water released from the hydrothermal vents warms the area and speeds the process up.
The four species were identified and are currently being described by Dr. Janet Voight, associate curator of invertebrate zoology from the Field Museum of Natural History, and Fiorella Vasquez from the Zoological Museum at the University of Costa Rica. It has already been decided that the brooding species seen in the hatchery will be called the Dorado octopus after the site where it was found.
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Near a rocky outcrop called El Dorado Hill, the marine scientists identified four new species of octopus photographed a rarely-seen octopus hatchery, and documented their life around a series of hydrothermal vents with video and photographs in a zone where the light doesn’t reach.
The first expedition conducted by the Schmidt Institute took place in June of last year, while the second followed in December, when the team was able to confirm that these nurseries seem to be active year-round.
At the hatchery, the females were photographed incubating their eggs with their suckers pointing out as a defense strategy. According to Smithsonian, it can take years for the eggs to hatch this way, but the water released from the hydrothermal vents warms the area and speeds the process up.
The four species were identified and are currently being described by Dr. Janet Voight, associate curator of invertebrate zoology from the Field Museum of Natural History, and Fiorella Vasquez from the Zoological Museum at the University of Costa Rica. It has already been decided that the brooding species seen in the hatchery will be called the Dorado octopus after the site where it was found.
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Deep Sea Octopus Nursery With 4 New Species Confirmed by Marine Biologists
At the hatchery, the females were photographed incubating their eggs with their suckers pointing out as a defense strategy.
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