This mud-loving little Pacific bigeye octopus, Octopus californicus, was seen near the head of Monterey Canyon only a few hundred meters deep. This species lives off the coast of North America from the Bering Sea to Baja California and has been reported on the other side of the Pacific in the Sea of Japan and Russia. It is relatively small, its body reaching about 14 cm long. They live between 100 and 900 meters on the muddy seafloor, where the hunt for prey like fish and crustaceans.⠀ ⠀ #octopus #octopuscalifornicus #deepsealife #deepseaoctopus #cephalopod #California #seafloor #benthicbiology #invertebratezoology #MBARI #underwaterphotography #ROV #MontereyCanyon