Bathypolypus
| Bathypolypus | |
|---|---|
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| Bathypolypus valdiviae | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Mollusca | 
| Class: | Cephalopoda | 
| Order: | Octopoda | 
| Family: | Robson, 1929  | 
| Genus: | Grimpe, 1921[1]  | 
| Type species | |
| Octopus arcticus (Fabricius, 1777)   | |
| Species[2] | |
|   See text  | |
| Synonyms | |
 
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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
- ^ Grimpe, G. (1921). "Teuthologische mitteilungen. VII. Systematische übersicht der nordsee-cephalopoden". Zoologischer Anzeiger, 52(12/13), 299.
 - ^ P. Bouchet; S. Gofas (2015). "Bathypolypus Grimpe, 1921". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
 - ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Bathypolypus Grimpe, 1921". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
 - ^ 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.
 - ^ 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
- 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.
 
 
