Scientists name new tiny blue deep-sea octopus species Microeledone galapagensis found 1,800 meters below Galapagos

Scientists at the Charles Darwin Foundation have officially named a new species of tiny blue octopus, Microeledone galapagensis, found nearly 1,800 meters beneath the Galapagos near Darwin Island. First spotted in 2015 from the exploration vessel Nautilus, the golf-ball-sized cep

Scientists at the Charles Darwin Foundation have officially named a new species of tiny blue octopus, Microeledone galapagensis, found nearly 1,800 meters beneath the Galapagos near Darwin Island. First spotted in 2015 from the exploration vessel Nautilus, the golf-ball-sized cephalopod was described this week in the journal Zootaxa.