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Chiara Benvenuto
One of the least-appreciated giant cephalopods, Haliphron atlanticus, is in the news! (thx @scsmith4.bsky.social for the heads up)
Unfortunately the common name seven-arm octopus
- only describes males
- actually doesn't even describe males
Can we think of a better one??
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Arms from the rarely-seen species were discovered at an Aberdeenshire national nature reserve.