Grimpoteuthis pacifica

Grimpoteuthis pacifica is an octopus known from one badly damaged specimen. It is not completely described, and it is not easily separated from some other species of octopus. Nothing clearly differentiates G. pacifica from Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium except for its type locality.

Description and habitat

The specimen was captured off Papua New Guinea in the South Pacific Ocean in 1885, more specifically in the Coral Sea, where it was below sea level. Grimpoteuthis pacifica is probably demersal.
Its fins are long. Each arm has 52 suckers, the largest of which are across. Its arms range in length from long, and its eyes are very large.
The octopus is a deep purple color, though some parts are paler.