Grimpoteuthis abyssicola is a species of small deep-sea octopus known from a single female specimen. The specimen was found in the Tasman Sea off New Zealand, between 3,154 and 3,180 meters deep. More specifically, the octopus was found in the Lord Howe Rise.
Its mantle is about 75 millimeters long, while its total body reaches 305 millimeters long. G. abyssicola's shell is shaped like a saddle. This octopus is different from other members of Grimpoteuthis because of how many suckers it has, and how its shell is shaped. The species is also distinctive in its number of suckers. It has first 6-8 average sized suckers, then 30-35 enlarged, followed lastly by 30-35 rapidly decreasing in size.
While the population of G. abyssicola is unknown, it's probably not threatened, since it lives so deep in the ocean. G. abyssicola and all members of Grimpoteuthis may be demersal. Present findings of the G. abyssicola are very brief and do not give much information, so further investigations of habitats have been inspired to evaluate the importance of them.
