Bathypolypus arcticus

Bathypolypus arcticus

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: Bathypolypus arcticus

Name

Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1849)

Synonyms

• Bathypolypus faeroensis (E.S. Russell, 1909)
• Bathypolypus groenlandicus Dewhurst, 1856
• Bathypolypus obesus (Verrill, 1880)
• Bathypolypus sasakii G.C. Robson, 1927
• Benthoctopus sasakii G.C. Robson, 1927
• Octopus arcticus Prosch, 1849: 59, fig. 1-3 (original combination)
• Octopus groenlandicus Dewhurst, 1856
• Octopus obesus Verrill, 1880
• Polypus faeroensis E.S. Russell, 1909

References

Primary references

• Prosch, V. 1849. Nogle nye Cephalopoder, beskrevne og anatomisk undersögte. Det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes selskabs skrifter. Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk afdeling (5) 1: 53-72. 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 arcticus in the World Register of Marine Species

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