Bathypolypus
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| Bathypolypus | |
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| Bathypolypus valdiviae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Bathypolypodidae Robson, 1929 |
| Genus: | Bathypolypus Grimpe, 1921[1] |
| Type species | |
| Octopus arcticus (Fabricius, 1777)
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| Synonyms | |
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Bathypolypus is a genus of octopuses in the monotypic family Bathypolypodidae.
Species
[edit]Species in the genus Bathypolypus include:[3]
- Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1847)
- Bathypolypus arcticus arcticus – spoonarm octopus (Prosch, 1847)
- Bathypolypus arcticus proschi Muus, 1962
- Bathypolypus rubrostictus Kaneko & Kubodera, 2008[4]
- Bathypolypus sponsalis – globose octopus (Fischer & Fischer, 1892)
- Bathypolypus valdiviae – boxer octopus (Thiele in Chun, 1915)
- Bathypolypus bairdii - Baird's Octopus Verrill, 1873
- Bathypolypus ergasticus P. Fischer & H. Fischer, 1892
- Bathypolypus pugniger Muus, 2002
- Bathypolypus rubrostictus Kaneko & Kubodera, 2008
Synonyms:
- Bathypolypus salebrosus (Sasaki, 1920) is a synonym for Sasakiopus salebrosus (Sasaki, 1920)[5]
- Bathypolypus faeroensis (Frederick Stratten Russel|Russell) is a synonym for Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1847) (Fabricius, 1777)
References
[edit]- ^ Grimpe, G. (1921). "Teuthologische mitteilungen. VII. Systematische übersicht der nordsee-cephalopoden". Zoologischer Anzeiger, 52(12/13), 299.
- ^ P. Bouchet; S. Gofas (2015). "Bathypolypus Grimpe, 1921". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Bathypolypus Grimpe, 1921". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
- ^ Kaneko, N. & Kubodera, T. (2008). "Two new species of pygmy octopuses (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from deep water off the Ryukyu Archipelago, southern Japan." Molluscan Research 28(3): 145–157.
- ^ Jorgensen E. M., Strugnell J. M. & Allcock A. L. (2010). "Description and phylogenetic relationships of a new genus of octopus, Sasakiopus (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae), from the Bering Sea, with a redescription of Sasakiopus salebrosus (Sasaki, 1920)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 76(1): 57-66. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyp046.
External links
[edit]- CephBase: Bathypolypus
- "Bathypolypus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Wood, J.B. 2000. "The natural history of Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch), a deep-sea octopus" (PDF). (14.5 MiB) Ph.D. Thesis, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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