Dana Octopus Squid: May 8, 2017

Video courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Mountains in the Deep: Exploring the Central Pacific Basin. Download larger version (mp4, 5.0 MB).

 

Don't blink! We caught a brief glimpse of this Dana octopus squid during the descent for a dive to explore a site along the Clipperton Fracture Zone during the Mountains in the Deep: Exploring the Central Pacific Basin expedition. Notice the bioluminescent spotlights on the tips of two of its arms.