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Covid cases in Nauru increase; Pacific LGBTQI+ community favours consultation; New U.S led alliance promises to listen better to needs of Pacific; Four passengers test for Covid-19 in American Samoa, and more
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Stunningly Ethereal Glass Octopus Is a Ghostly Vision in The Deep Pacific
LAURA GEGGEL, LIVESCIENCE
14 JULY 2021
This rarely seen glass octopus bared all recently – even a view of its innards – when an underwater robot filmed it gracefully soaring through the deep waters of the Central Pacific Ocean.
Marine biologists spotted the elusive glass octopus (
Vitreledonella richardi) during a 34-day expedition off the remote Phoenix Islands, an archipelago located more than 3,200 miles (5,100 kilometers) northeast of Sydney, Australia.
Like other glass creatures, such as glass frogs and certain comb jellies, glass octopuses are almost completely transparent, with only their cylindrical eyes, optic nerve, and digestive tract appearing opaque.