Deep-Sea 'Flapjack' Octopus with Umbrella-Like Body Found at 1,500-Meter Depths

Scientists celebrate discovery of rare deep-sea 'pancake' creature

When scientists from the Western Australia 2022 voyage shared their findings, they said the creature was likely one of “more than 1,000” new species.

New shape shifting octopus found in canyon off WA coast

A new species of flapjack octopus, with massive eyes and blood-red tentacles, has been discovered from a deep-sea canyon off the coast of Australia. The new species has been named Opisthoteuthis carnarvonensis, or the Carnarvon Flapjack Octopus, for the location in which it was found at a depth of 1044 to 1510m. Dr Tristan Verhoeff, volunteer Systematic Taxonomist, at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery says “This new species is a flapjack octo…

Deep-sea 'flapjack' octopus with umbrella-like body found at 1,500-meter depths

A new species of flapjack octopus, with massive eyes and blood-red tentacles, has been discovered from a deep-sea canyon off the coast of Australia.

New octopus species found off WA coast

The Carnarvon flapjack octopus was collected by scientists on a 2022 CSIRO research voyage, but it wasn't named until last week. The species is one of a number of newly-described species collected during the voyage.

Scientists Just Found a Bizarre New Octopus—and It Looks Like a Gelatinous Umbrella - Commonwealth Union

In a major step toward marine biology, a novel species of flapjack octopus, distinguished by its considerable ocular organs and crimson tentacles, has been unearthed from the abyssal depths of a submarine canyon off the Australian coastline. Christened Opisthoteuthis carnarvonensis, or the Carnarvon Flapjack Octopus, its nomenclature pays homage to its discovery site. This constitutes the tenth—and most recent—new species to emerge from specimen…

New species of flapjack octopus discovered in deep-sea canyon off Australia

CANBERRA, May 21 (Xinhua) -- A new species of flapjack octopus, dubbed the Carnarvon Flapjack Octopus, has been discovered in deep-sea canyons off Western Australia. The new species "Opisthoteuthis carnarvonensis," named for the location in which it was found -- Carnarvon, a town in Western Australia, was discovered during a 2022 deep-sea expedition aboard a research vessel, according to a press release from the