Grimpoteuthis wuelkeri

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Wülker's flapjack octopod [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Octopoda
Family: Grimpoteuthidae
Genus: Grimpoteuthis
Species:
G. wuelkeri
Binomial name
Grimpoteuthis wuelkeri
Grimpe, 1920 [3]
Synonyms
  • Stauroteuthis wuelkeri [3]

Grimpoteuthis wuelkeri is a medium-sized octopus characterized from multiple specimens.

Description and habitat

This octopus is known from the continental slope in the northern Atlantic Ocean at 2,055 meters deep. [4] It is likely demersal. [2]

At maximum, its body is 400 millimeters long, and its mantle is 115 millimeters long. Its fin span is around 70% of the octopus' total length. The shell is shaped like a letter "U". [1]

Its arms have around 60 to 70 suckers each, [4] and these suckers aren't sexually dimorphic. [1] A web covers about 2/3 of its arms. [4] It has a robust shell, with a thick basal portion, and strong attachments from their fins. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 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: FAO. p. 260. ISBN   978-92-5-107989-8.
  2. 1 2 Lyons, G.; Allcock, L. (2014). "Grimpoteuthis wuelkeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014 e.T163284A993781. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T163284A993781.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. 1 2 Cuvelier, Daphne; Bouchet, Philippe. "Grimpoteuthis wuelkeri". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 Collins, Martin; Vecchione, Michael; Young, Richard E. "Grimpoteuthis wuelkeri". Tree of Life Web Project. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  5. ↑ Collins, Martin (1 September 2003). "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 .
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