Octopus can live up to 4800 meters under the sea, of which Dumbo octopus lives in the sea at a depth of 400-4800 meters, it is a kind of soft-bodied organisms that can light up itself, and attracts prey by the skill of glowing, and will secrete mucus to trap the prey once it comes close to it. Dumbo octopus prey to crustaceans and polychaetes.

CharacteristicsSmall deep-sea species with semi-gelatinous body. The body is contracted anteriorly and posteriorly. Opening of the outer shell cavity is a narrow slit with a short funnel. Inner shell U-shaped. Eggs are large, wrapped in a hard outer shell formed by oviductal gland secretions. Peculiar shape.

Habitat

Dumbo octopus and octopus family of marine animals belong to the octopus order, but it is not "octopus", but the mollusks in the family of the whiskered octopus. It is a near-benthic species, with its wrists and intercarpal membrane parallel to the seafloor, and it uses its wrists to grab crustaceans, polychaetes, and copepods for food.

Feeds primarily on certain small crustaceans, which are often attracted to the light of the Dumbo octopus. As soon as the prey is spotted approaching, the Dumbo octopus immediately grabs it and traps the opponent in a kind of mucus web produced by its body.