Bolitaena pygmaea

Bolitaena pygmaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Octopoda
Family:	Amphitretidae
Genus:	Bolitaena
Species:	B. pygmaea
Binomial name
	Bolitaena pygmaea; (A. E. Verrill, 1884)

Last updated November 06, 2025

Bolitaena pygmaea is a species of Octopoda in the family Amphitretidae.^[1] B. Pygmaea are often found in tropical and subtropical water not including the southwest part of the Atlantic ranging in depths between 100 and 1400 meters.

References

↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Bolitaena pygmaea (A. E. Verrill, 1884)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-05-13.

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↑ Ortiz de Ortiz, Danielle; Baldoni, Letícia Cazarin; Muxagata, Erik; Vidal, Erica Alvez Gonzalez (2024-02-29). "Cephalopod paralarvae from the southeast–south Brazilian outer shelf and slope". Marine Biology. 171 (4): 84. doi:10.1007/s00227-024-04401-w. ISSN 1432-1793.
↑ Shea, Elizabeth K.; Judkins, Heather; Staudinger, Michelle D.; Dimkovikj, Valerie H.; Lindgren, Annie; Vecchione, Michael (2017-09-01). "Cephalopod biodiversity in the vicinity of Bear Seamount, western North Atlantic based on exploratory trawling from 2000 to 2014". Marine Biodiversity. 47 (3): 699–722. doi:10.1007/s12526-017-0633-3. ISSN 1867-1624.

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[1] "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Bolitaena pygmaea (A. E. Verrill, 1884)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-05-13.

[2] Ortiz de Ortiz, Danielle; Baldoni, Letícia Cazarin; Muxagata, Erik; Vidal, Erica Alvez Gonzalez (2024-02-29). "Cephalopod paralarvae from the southeast–south Brazilian outer shelf and slope". Marine Biology. 171 (4): 84. doi:10.1007/s00227-024-04401-w. ISSN 1432-1793.

[3] Shea, Elizabeth K.; Judkins, Heather; Staudinger, Michelle D.; Dimkovikj, Valerie H.; Lindgren, Annie; Vecchione, Michael (2017-09-01). "Cephalopod biodiversity in the vicinity of Bear Seamount, western North Atlantic based on exploratory trawling from 2000 to 2014". Marine Biodiversity. 47 (3): 699–722. doi:10.1007/s12526-017-0633-3. ISSN 1867-1624.

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