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Scientists Just Identified a New Species of Dumbo Octopus, No Dissection Required – ScienceAlert

Confirming a new species of octopus usually involves lab tests and dissections. Not so with the Grimpoteuthis imperator dumbo octopus that has just been identified,…

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Confirming a new species of octopus usually involves lab tests and dissections. Not so with the Grimpoteuthis imperator dumbo octopus that has just been identified, with non-invasive scanning doing almost all of the work.
Discovered in the northern part of the Emperor Seamounts, an underwater mountain ridge in the northwest Pacific Ocean, researchers identified G. imperator through a combination of high-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) scans, plus minimally…

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