Thursday, April 22, 2021

New species of dumbo octopus identified using minimally invasive techniques

A new species of deep-sea dwelling dumbo octopus called Grimpoteuthis imperator sp. nov. has been described using a combination of MRI, micro-CT and minimally invasive gene analysis rather than traditional dissection methods. The findings are presented in the open access journal BMC Biology.

source https://phys.org/news/2021-04-species-dumbo-octopus-minimally-invasive.html