Despite the label, this is actually a Flapjack octopus (Opisthoteuthis sp.), which is often confused with Dumbo octopuses. They are not very closely related, but have some similarities: Flapjack octopuses are more squat, with larger eyes, smaller fins, more often orange in coloration, and shorter arms with more webbing between them.

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Despite the label, this is actually a Flapjack octopus (Opisthoteuthis sp.), which is often confused with Dumbo octopuses. They are not very closely related, but have some similarities: Flapjack octopuses are more squat, with larger eyes, smaller fins, more often orange in coloration, and shorter arms with more webbing between them.

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The Cabled Array VISIONS'16 expedition will utilize the 261-foot long research ship the R/V Sikuliaq operated by the University of Alaska. Credit: James Buchanan

Since the late summer, 2015, each of the three cabled Shallow Profiler Mooring winched science pods have made >7000 cycles from 600 ft water depth to just beneath the oceans' surface. Real-time command and control of these systems through the Internet provides response capabilites such that the science pods can be stopped to take key measurements in response to events that include the passing over of biologically-rich thin layers. Credit: University of Washington, NSF-OOI/ROPOS, V15.

The Cabled Array high power and bandwidth fiber optic cables extend from coastal to blue water environments, that include the Cascadia Subduction Zone and the largest volcano off of the Washington-Oregon coast, Axial Seamount. The ~ 900 km of cable provides two-way communications and data flow at the speed of light to 140 instruments and 2900 m-tall moorings with instrumented profilers that have been operational since 2015. Credit: University of Washington.