Bathypolypus

Bathypolypus valdiviae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Incirrina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Cephalopoda Subclassis: Coleoidea Cohors: Neocoleoidea Superordo: Octopodiformes Ordo: Octopoda Subordo: Incirrina

Familia: Octopodidae
Subfamilia: Bathypolypodinae
Genus: Bathypolypus
Species: B. arcticus – B. bairdii – B. ergasticus – B. pugniger – B. rubrostictus – B. sponsalis – B. valdiviae

Name

Bathypolypus Grimpe, 1921: 299

Type species: Octopus arcticus Prosch, 1849 (= Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1849) (by original designation)

Synonyms

• Atlantoctopus Grimpe, 1921: 299
• Benthoctopus Grimpe, 1921: 299

References

Primary references

• Grimpe G., 1921. Teuthologische Mitteilungen VII. Systematische Übersicht der Nordsee-Cephalopoden. Zoologischer Anzeiger 52(12/13): 296–305. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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 PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Bathypolypus in the World Register of Marine Species

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