page_title: Grimpoteuthis megaptera
section_title: Description and habitat
hierarchical_section_title: Grimpoteuthis megaptera / Description and habitat
caption_attribution_description: English: Drawing of the octopus Grimpoteuthis megaptera, showing its beak, arms, and web.
context_page_description: Grimpoteuthis megaptera is a species of umbrella octopus known from five specimens, collected by Addison Emery Verrill. Between two and three of these specimens may belong to different species.
context_section_description: G. megaptera lives in the Atlantic Ocean off of Martha's Vineyard in the United States. It was found 4,600 meters deep.
  Its full length reaches 107 millimeters. Its eyes are small, as are its suckers and cirri. 
  The octopus' arms and web, when viewed orally, are brown. G. megaptera has yellow suckers and a blue-white mantle and fins. The mantle is spotted with irregular brown-purple markings.
caption: Oral view of G. megaptera
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