Bathypolypus

Genus of molluscs

Bathypolypus
Bathypolypus valdiviae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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)
Species[2]

See text

Synonyms
  • Atlantoctopus Grimpe, 1921
  • Benthoctopus Grimpe, 1921

Bathypolypus is a genus of octopuses in the monotypic family Bathypolypodidae.

Species

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:


References

  1. ^ Grimpe, G. (1921). "Teuthologische mitteilungen. VII. Systematische übersicht der nordsee-cephalopoden". Zoologischer Anzeiger, 52(12/13), 299.
  2. ^ P. Bouchet; S. Gofas (2015). "Bathypolypus Grimpe, 1921". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  3. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Bathypolypus Grimpe, 1921". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  • 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.
Taxon identifiers
Bathypolypus


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