Microeledone | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Octopoda |
Family: | Megaleledonidae |
Genus: |
Microeledone Norman, Hochberg & Boucher-Rodoni, 2004 |
Species: | M. mangoldi
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Binomial name | |
Microeledone mangoldi Norman, Hochberg & Boucher-Rodoni, 2004
[1]
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Microeledone mangoldi, the sickle-tooth pygmy octopus, [2] is a species of octopus from the family Megaleledonidae. This species was described in 2004, the type specimen being a male which was collected from a depth of approximately 1,000 m (3,300 ft) near the Norfolk Ridge, in the southwest Pacific Ocean near New Caledonia. It is a very small octopus which has a single row of suckers, lacks an ink sac and has a radula with seven rows of teeth with the unique central tooth, called the rechidian tooth, being curved with a grooved tip. The remaining teeth are flat and plate like and so are also distinctive. [3] The smooth creamy-pink body lacks any chromatophores. [2] The specific name honours the Swiss malacologist and marine biologist Katharina Mangold-Wirz (1922-2003). [4]
Microeledone | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Octopoda |
Family: | Megaleledonidae |
Genus: |
Microeledone Norman, Hochberg & Boucher-Rodoni, 2004 |
Species: | M. mangoldi
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Binomial name | |
Microeledone mangoldi Norman, Hochberg & Boucher-Rodoni, 2004
[1]
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Microeledone mangoldi, the sickle-tooth pygmy octopus, [2] is a species of octopus from the family Megaleledonidae. This species was described in 2004, the type specimen being a male which was collected from a depth of approximately 1,000 m (3,300 ft) near the Norfolk Ridge, in the southwest Pacific Ocean near New Caledonia. It is a very small octopus which has a single row of suckers, lacks an ink sac and has a radula with seven rows of teeth with the unique central tooth, called the rechidian tooth, being curved with a grooved tip. The remaining teeth are flat and plate like and so are also distinctive. [3] The smooth creamy-pink body lacks any chromatophores. [2] The specific name honours the Swiss malacologist and marine biologist Katharina Mangold-Wirz (1922-2003). [4]