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Janet Voight (Field Museum), Salome Buglass (UCLA/CDF), and research team
Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
May 25, 2026
Verified: May 25, 2026
"Researchers identified a new species of tiny blue octopus, Microeledone galapagensis, near Darwin Island. The discovery was made using an ROV at a depth of 1,773 meters during a 2015 expedition. Scientists used non-destructive micro CT scanning to classify the species without dissecting the single available specimen."