Biology:Bathypolypus

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Short description: Genus of molluscs

Bathypolypus
Bathypolypus valdiviae.jpg
Bathypolypus valdiviae
Scientific classification e
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:

  • 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

  1. Grimpe, G. (1921). "Teuthologische mitteilungen. VII. Systematische übersicht der nordsee-cephalopoden". Zoologischer Anzeiger, 52(12/13), 299.
  2. "Bathypolypus Grimpe, 1921". World Register of Marine Species. 2015. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138265. Retrieved 2 April 2017. 
  3. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Bathypolypus Grimpe, 1921". https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138265. 
  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.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2891314 entry