The Deep-Sea Dumbo :: The Emperor Dumbo Octopus :: Grimpoteuthis imperator.
In watercolor.
Thank you, PD Dr. Alexander Ziegler of the Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology at Universität Bonn in Germany, for permission to use your photograph as a reference for this watercolor!
For more information on the discovery of this new species, check out some of the articles below:
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/7-new-animals-discovered-in-2021-so-far
For a video of the capture of this octopus, check out the video in the scientific article here:
https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-021-01000-9
https://www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/emperor-dumbo-enters-hit-list-of-notable-new-marine-species
https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-021-01000-9
https://morphobank.org/index.php/Projects/ProjectOverview/project_id/3721
Ashley Hall Art Gallery 