Re:Massive octopus nursery found in deep sea
by pvaldes on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @07:46PM
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Very unprobable, but there is some hope
First of all the rocky botom can offer some kind of protection against trawls.
And second, is not clear if this octopus are edible. I can't identify the species with this video. Maybe Graneledone but I'm not sure. The much smaller squat lobster (Munida? Munidopsis?) in the video can be deceptive but the octopus look very small to me. We could be talking about a small animal of only 10cm of mantle length (body minus tentacles). Probably not valuable enough to risk the fishing material and spending fuel on it.
First of all the rocky botom can offer some kind of protection against trawls.
And second, is not clear if this octopus are edible. I can't identify the species with this video. Maybe Graneledone but I'm not sure. The much smaller squat lobster (Munida? Munidopsis?) in the video can be deceptive but the octopus look very small to me. We could be talking about a small animal of only 10cm of mantle length (body minus tentacles). Probably not valuable enough to risk the fishing material and spending fuel on it.