Pearson College Marine Science

During our first of three kelp forest excursions today, Courtney found a dead Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) while diving and she brought it to the surface in a collection bag.

We put in on the deck of Second Nature and had a closer look.

We did a quick dissection with a Swiss army knife and saw gills, guts and gonads (we think!). Kohtaro has more photos of the dissection which I will post later…

Tags: Enteroctopus dofleini, giant pacific octopus, kelp forest, octopus

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