Expn3476
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Description: English: This rare dumbo octopus (Cirrothauma murrayi) is often called the Blind Octopod due to the lack of a lens and retina in its eyes. Its eyes can only detect light and cannot form images. Image ID: expn3476, Voyage To Inner Space - Exploring the Seas With NOAA Collect Location: Puerto Rico, West Wall Mona Canyon Photo Date: 20150413T154921Z_ Credit: NOAA OKEANOS EXPLORER Program, Oceano Profundo 2015; Exploring Puerto Rico's Seamounts, Trenches, and Troughs. Date: 14 April 2015, 02:45:25. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/noaaphotolib/27328611523/. Author: NOAA Photo Library.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Spiralia (spiralians)
- Mollusca (molluscs)
- Cephalopoda (cephalopods)
- Coleoidea (coleoids)
- Octopodiformes
- Octopoda (devilfishes)
- Cirrata
- Cirroteuthidae
- Cirrothauma
- Cirrothauma murrayi (Blind cirrate)
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