Liten blå bläckfisk identifierad som ny art nära Galápagosöarna

26 maj 2026

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Forskare har bekräftat att en blå bläckfisk i golfbollsstorlek är en tidigare okänd art efter att ha undersökt ett exemplar som samlats in från djupt vatten utanför Galápagosöarna.

Djuret, som fått namnet Microeledone galapagensis, observerades första gången 2015 under en djuphavsexpedition med fartyget E/V Nautilus nära Darwin Island. Forskare från Charles Darwin Foundation och Galápagos National Park Directorate använde en fjärrstyrd undervattensfarkost för att upptäcka varelsen på ett djup av cirka 1 768 meter. De samlade in ett exemplar och filmade två andra av samma typ.

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