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'''''Galeoctopus lateralis''''', the '''sharkclub octopus''', is a species of [[octopus]], from the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Octopodidae]]. This species was [[Species description|described]] in 2004 from specimens collected at depths of 200–400 m in the southern and western Pacific Ocean. It is a small octopus in which the mature males have a distinctive [[ligula]] which superficially resembles a shark's jaw and head including teeth‐like lugs. Other distinguishing characteristics include a lateral mantle ridge, a skin sculpture which includes star-shaped papillae, and the females have [[oviduct]]s with hare distally swollen.<ref name = JoM>{{cite journal | author1 = Mark D. Norman | author2 = Renata Boucher | author3 = F. G. Hochberg | year = 2004 | title = The Sharkclub Octopus, ''Galeoctopus lateralis'', a new genus and species from the Western Pacific Ocean (Cephalopoda: Ooctopodidae) | doi = 10.1093/mollus/70.3.247 | journal = Journal of Molluscan Studies | volume = 70 | issue = 3 | pages = 247–256| doi-access = |
'''''Galeoctopus lateralis''''', the '''sharkclub octopus''', is a species of [[octopus]], from the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Octopodidae]]. This species was [[Species description|described]] in 2004 from specimens collected at depths of 200–400 m in the southern and western Pacific Ocean. It is a small octopus in which the mature males have a distinctive [[ligula]] which superficially resembles a shark's jaw and head including teeth‐like lugs. Other distinguishing characteristics include a lateral mantle ridge, a skin sculpture which includes star-shaped papillae, and the females have [[oviduct]]s with hare distally swollen.<ref name = JoM>{{cite journal | author1 = Mark D. Norman | author2 = Renata Boucher | author3 = F. G. Hochberg | year = 2004 | title = The Sharkclub Octopus, ''Galeoctopus lateralis'', a new genus and species from the Western Pacific Ocean (Cephalopoda: Ooctopodidae) | doi = 10.1093/mollus/70.3.247 | journal = Journal of Molluscan Studies | volume = 70 | issue = 3 | pages = 247–256| doi-access = }} Abstract.</ref> |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Order: | Octopoda |
Family: | Octopodidae |
Genus: | Galeoctopus Norman, Boucher & Hochberg, 2004[1] |
Species: | G. lateralis
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Binomial name | |
Galeoctopus lateralis Norman, Boucher & Hochberg, 2004
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Galeoctopus lateralis, the sharkclub octopus, is a species of octopus, from the family Octopodidae. This species was described in 2004 from specimens collected at depths of 200–400 m in the southern and western Pacific Ocean. It is a small octopus in which the mature males have a distinctive ligula which superficially resembles a shark's jaw and head including teeth‐like lugs. Other distinguishing characteristics include a lateral mantle ridge, a skin sculpture which includes star-shaped papillae, and the females have oviducts with hare distally swollen.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Julian Finn (2017). "Galeoctopus lateralis Norman, Boucher & Hochberg, 2004". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ^ Mark D. Norman; Renata Boucher; F. G. Hochberg (2004). "The Sharkclub Octopus, Galeoctopus lateralis, a new genus and species from the Western Pacific Ocean (Cephalopoda: Ooctopodidae)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 70 (3): 247–256. doi:10.1093/mollus/70.3.247. Abstract.