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Giant group of octopus moms discovered in the deep sea
![17 octopuses on the sea floor.](/news/mmg/media/images/2_Dorado 2014 (2)_f.jpg)
Octopuses--17 of them--congregate on the deep-sea Dorado Outcrop; 16 are in brooding posture.
Credit: Phil Torres and Geoff Wheat
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![An octopus in the genus Muusoctopus travels along a section of the Dorado Outcrop.](/news/mmg/media/images/3_4778 Upright_f.jpg)
An octopus in the genus Muusoctopus travels along a section of sea floor.
Credit: Phil Torres and Geoff Wheat
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![An octopus on a submersible.](/news/mmg/media/images/1_Dive 4783 2_2014_12_10_11_10_28_f.jpg)
A Muusoctopus lands on the submersible Alvin's manipulator arm.
Credit: Samuel Hulme
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![Two shrimp on a section of sea floor occupied by octopuses.](/news/mmg/media/images/4_shrimp brooder_f.jpg)
Two shrimp investigate a section of the outcrop that's occupied by brooding octopuses.
Credit: Anne Hartwell
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![Three octopus arms emerge from a hole in the basalt rock of the sea floor.](/news/mmg/media/images/5_in hole_f.jpg)
Three octopus arms emerge from a hole in the basalt rock of the Dorado Outcrop.
Credit: Anne Hartwell
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![An octopus on the sea floor.](/news/mmg/media/images/6_xbrown octopus_14215 (2)_f.jpg)
Two other octopus species were also observed on the Dorado Outcrop, including this brown one.
Credit: Jason Virtual Van image number 14217 (cruise AT26-09)
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