Benthoctopus

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
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: Benthoctopus
Species: B. rigbyae ...

[edit] Name

Benthoctopus Grimpe, 1921

[edit] Type species

• Octopus piscatorum Verrill, 1879 [=Bathypolypus bairdii], by original designation

[edit] References

• Strugnell, J.; Voight, J.R.; Collins, P.C.; Allcock, A.L. 2009: Molecular phylogenetic analysis of a known and a new hydrothermal vent octopod: their relationships with the genus Benthoctopus (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae). Zootaxa, 2096: 442-459. PDF