The artwork of University of Guam Master of Science in Biology student Constance Sartor will be touring the country as part of the Artist at Sea Traveling Exhibit, according to
MANGILAO, Guam (UOG) — Constance Sartor, a University of Guam master of science in biology student and a research assistant with the university’s Guam NSF EPSCoR program, is using her
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Completely translucent but for a few specks of yellow-hued organs, a rare glass octopus made its debut on a live recording captured by scientists aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor in July 2021.
And after footage of the glass octopus went viral online, the exploration agency took to social media on July 10 to “clear up” facts about the deep-sea animal.
Spotted at a depth of over 2,100 feet at an underwater mountain known as a Seamount, relatively little is known about the species known scientifically as
Vitreledonella richardi. This is in large part due to its deep marine home most of what is known about
Glass octopus sighted by marine scientists in Pacific Ocean
By Paul Best article
The glass octopus is almost copletely translucent besides its optic nerve, eyeballs, and digestive tract. (Schmidt Ocean Institute)
An almost completely transparent glass octopus was sighted in the middle of the Pacific Ocean in June by marine scientists on the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor.
The rarely observed cephalopod is relatively small, measuring up to just 18 inches long, including its tentacles, with a mantle length of 4.3 inches.
It was sighted on June 26 nearly half a mile deep around a reef complex in the Phoenix Islands Archipelago, which is located in the central Pacific Ocean.
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