Grimpoteuthis plena

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Grimpoteuthis plena
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G. plena
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Opisthoteuthidae
Genus: Grimpoteuthis
Species:
G. plena
Binomial name
Grimpoteuthis plena
Verrill, 1885 [2]
Synonyms
  • Cirroteuthis plena [2]

Grimpoteuthis plena is known from only one specimen, which cannot be easily separated from other species of Grimpoteuthis in the Atlantic Ocean. [3] The specimen was in poor condition. It's similar to Grimpoteuthis wuelkeri , [4] and may be a junior specimen of Grimpoteuthis umbellata . [1]

Description and habitat

G. plena was found in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, at 1,963 meters deep. [4] [5] Like other members of Grimpoteuthidae, it could be demersal. [1] Specifically, the Grimpoteuthis Plena was found at a latitude of 37º 35’N and a longitude of 71º 18’W in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean along with other species of the same genus being found nearby. [6] The G. plena was found in the year 1880 by Verrill. [6]

The specimen's mantle reached 57 millimeters long, and its total length reached 185 millimeters. [5]

Some of its arms are longer than the others. There are between 55 and 60 suckers per arm, the largest of which are 2.5 millimeters in diameter. The octopus' cirri are short. Its fins are each 32 millimeters long. The eyes are small: each is 12 millimeters in diameter. [3]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Cuvelier, Daphne; Rosenberg, Gary; Bouchet, Philippe. "Grimpoteuthis plena". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  3. 1 2 Vecchione, Michael; Young, Richard E. "Grimpoteuthis plena". Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  4. 1 2 Gibson, R.N.; Atkinson, R. J. A.; Gordon, J. D. M. (2006). Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review, Volume 44 (illustrated ed.). CRC Press. p. 298. ISBN   978-1420006391 . Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  5. 1 2 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. 263. ISBN   978-92-5-107989-8.
  6. 1 2 Collins, Martin A. (2003-09-01). "The genus Grimpoteuthis (Octopoda: Grimpoteuthidae) in the north-east Atlantic, with descriptions of three new species". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 139 (1): 93–127. doi: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2003.00074.x . ISSN   0024-4082.
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