2023-07-10 14:11:00
Updated Monday, July 10, 2023 – 14:11
It would be a new species of Muusoctopus, according to the scientists co-directors of the research
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A deep-sea octopus hatchery, only the third known to exist, has been discovered off the coast of Costa Rica, according to the Schmidt Ocean Institute. The find came during a 19-day expedition studying the biodiversity of unprotected seamounts off the Costa Rican coast.
At the football field-sized Golden Outcrop, where an Octopus Garden was first discovered in 2013, it is estimated that hundred female octopuses are brooding their eggs along low-temperature ventsa phenomenon that scientists had never seen before, according to the researchers.
The behavior surprised cephalopod experts because octopuses were considered solitary creatures at that moment.
The scientists were able to see an active octopus hatchery and witness the hatching of babies while exploring deep-sea seamounts, seamounts that facilitate biodiversity in the deep sea, the scientists said, reports Abc News.
The octopus would be a new species of Muusoctopus, a group of small to medium-sized deep-sea octopuses. no ink bagaccording to the Schmidt Ocean Institute statement.
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The team of 18 international scientists found the nursery in a low-temperature hydrothermal vent some 9,000 feet below the ocean surface.
“The discovery of a new octopus hatchery active more than 2,800 meters below the sea surface in Costa Rican waters demonstrates that there is still much to learn about our ocean,” said Jyotika Virmani, executive director of the Schmidt Ocean Institute.
An underwater robot, ROV SuBastian, was used to observe seamounts and baby octopuses.
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The scientific co-directors, Dr. Beth Orcutt of the Bigelow Laboratory of Ocean Sciences (United States) and Dr.Jorge Corts from the University of Costa Rica and an international team They will investigate the biodiversity of unprotected seamounts in this little-explored region.
The Golden Outcrop is one of Costa Rica’s “Off-Axis” seamounts in the Cocos Plate complex. It is part of a group of seamounts formed on the East Pacific Ridge, compared to seamounts further south off the coast of Costa Rica that formed from the Cocos-Nazca Extension Center.
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