Cephalopods Pictures and Movies Friday Deep-Sea Picture: Benthoctopus Dr. M December 7, 2007 Image credit: Image: (c) 2002 MBARI / NOAA. Red octopus (Benthoctopus sp.) hunting on Davidson Seamount. Deep-water octopus often hunt snails, crabs, and other small animals on the seafloor. Share the post "Friday Deep-Sea Picture: Benthoctopus" FacebookBlueskyShare…Shares Related PostsHurricane IreneMaybe the Japanese and Norwegians Are RightDramatic impacts on beach microbial communities following the Deepwater Horizon oil spillMolluscs NOM shipwrecks into oblivionDispatches from Antarctica – Rothera