Grimpoteuthis megaptera | |
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Images of Grimpoteuthis megaptera from 1889. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Octopoda |
Family: | Grimpoteuthidae |
Genus: | Grimpoteuthis |
Species: | G. megaptera
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Binomial name | |
Grimpoteuthis megaptera Verrill, 1885
[2]
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Synonyms | |
Grimpoteuthis megaptera is a species of octopus known from five specimens, collected by Addison Emery Verrill. [1] Between two and three of these specimens may belong to different species. [3]
Grimpoteuthis megaptera lives in the Atlantic Ocean off of Martha's Vineyard in the United States. It was found 4,600 meters deep. [3]
Its full length reaches 107 millimeters. [4] Its eyes are small, as are its suckers and cirri. [3]
The octopus' arms and web, when viewed orally, are brown. G. megaptera has yellow suckers and a blue-white mantle and fins. The mantle is spotted with irregular brown-purple markings. [3]
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Grimpoteuthis megaptera | |
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![]() | |
Images of Grimpoteuthis megaptera from 1889. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Octopoda |
Family: | Grimpoteuthidae |
Genus: | Grimpoteuthis |
Species: | G. megaptera
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Binomial name | |
Grimpoteuthis megaptera Verrill, 1885
[2]
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Synonyms | |
Grimpoteuthis megaptera is a species of octopus known from five specimens, collected by Addison Emery Verrill. [1] Between two and three of these specimens may belong to different species. [3]
Grimpoteuthis megaptera lives in the Atlantic Ocean off of Martha's Vineyard in the United States. It was found 4,600 meters deep. [3]
Its full length reaches 107 millimeters. [4] Its eyes are small, as are its suckers and cirri. [3]
The octopus' arms and web, when viewed orally, are brown. G. megaptera has yellow suckers and a blue-white mantle and fins. The mantle is spotted with irregular brown-purple markings. [3]
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cite book}}
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