Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium

Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium
Drawing of Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium by its discoverer, William Evans Hoyle.
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Octopoda
Family:	Grimpoteuthidae
Genus:	Grimpoteuthis
Species:	G. hippocrepium
Binomial name
Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium Hoyle, 1904 [2]

Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium is a species of octopus. It is only known from one specimen found in 1904, which was poorly preserved. Some characteristics of G. hippocrepium are unknown. ^[3]

Description and range

The type specimen of G. hippocrepium was found near Colombia in the eastern Pacific Ocean. ^[4] This octopus has over 50 suckers on its arms, and a shell that is like a horseshoe in shape, while its body is around 80 millimeters long. ^[3] It lives at about 3,332 meters deep. ^[5] G. hippocrepium could be a demersal species. It is not used by humans. ^[4]

References

1. Lyons, G.; Allcock, L. (2014). "Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014 e.T163341A1000089. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T163341A1000089.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. van der Land, Jacob; Bouchet, Philippe. "Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
3. Young, Richard E.; Vecchione, Michael. "Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium". Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
4. Allcock, Louise; Lyons, G (2014). "Grimpoteuthis hippocrepium". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014 e.T163341A1000089. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T163341A1000089.en .
5. Jereb, Patrizia; Roper, Clyde F.E.; Norman, Mark D.; Finn, Julian K., eds. (2016). Cephalopods of the World: an Annotated and Illustrated Catalog of Cephalopods Known to Date Volume 3. Octopods and Vampire Squids (PDF). Rome. p. 262. ISBN   978-92-5-107989-8 . Retrieved 26 April 2018.