Bathypolypus

Bathypolypus
	Bathypolypus valdiviae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Cephalopoda
Order:	Octopoda
Family:	Bathypolypodidae; Robson, 1929
Genus:	Bathypolypus; Grimpe, 1921
Type species
	Octopus arcticus; (Fabricius, 1777)
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Atlantoctopus Grimpe, 1921; Benthoctopus Grimpe, 1921;

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Bathypolypus is a genus of octopuses in the monotypic family Bathypolypodidae.

Species

Species in the genus Bathypolypus include:^[3]

Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1847)
- Bathypolypus arcticus arcticus – spoonarm octopus (Prosch, 1847)
- Bathypolypus arcticus proschi Muus, 1962
Bathypolypus rubrostictus Kaneko & Kubodera, 2008^[4]
Bathypolypus sponsalis – globose octopus (Fischer & Fischer, 1892)
Bathypolypus valdiviae – boxer octopus (Thiele in Chun, 1915)
Bathypolypus bairdii - Baird's Octopus Verrill, 1873
Bathypolypus ergasticus P. Fischer & H. Fischer, 1892
Bathypolypus pugniger Muus, 2002
Bathypolypus rubrostictus Kaneko & Kubodera, 2008

Synonyms:

Bathypolypus salebrosus (Sasaki, 1920) is a synonym for Sasakiopus salebrosus (Sasaki, 1920)^[5]
Bathypolypus faeroensis (Frederick Stratten Russel|Russell) is a synonym for Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch, 1847) (Fabricius, 1777)

References

^ Grimpe, G. (1921). "Teuthologische mitteilungen. VII. Systematische übersicht der nordsee-cephalopoden". Zoologischer Anzeiger, 52(12/13), 299.
^ P. Bouchet; S. Gofas (2015). "Bathypolypus Grimpe, 1921". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Bathypolypus Grimpe, 1921". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
^ Kaneko, N. & Kubodera, T. (2008). "Two new species of pygmy octopuses (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from deep water off the Ryukyu Archipelago, southern Japan." Molluscan Research 28(3): 145–157.
^ Jorgensen E. M., Strugnell J. M. & Allcock A. L. (2010). "Description and phylogenetic relationships of a new genus of octopus, Sasakiopus (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae), from the Bering Sea, with a redescription of Sasakiopus salebrosus (Sasaki, 1920)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 76(1): 57-66. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyp046.

External links

CephBase: Bathypolypus
"Bathypolypus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Wood, J.B. 2000. "The natural history of Bathypolypus arcticus (Prosch), a deep-sea octopus" (PDF). (14.5 MiB) Ph.D. Thesis, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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[1] Grimpe, G. (1921). "Teuthologische mitteilungen. VII. Systematische übersicht der nordsee-cephalopoden". Zoologischer Anzeiger, 52(12/13), 299.

[WoRMS_138265-2] P. Bouchet; S. Gofas (2015). "Bathypolypus Grimpe, 1921". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 April 2017.

[3] "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Bathypolypus Grimpe, 1921". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2023-05-28.

[4] Kaneko, N. & Kubodera, T. (2008). "Two new species of pygmy octopuses (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from deep water off the Ryukyu Archipelago, southern Japan." Molluscan Research 28(3): 145–157.

[5] Jorgensen E. M., Strugnell J. M. & Allcock A. L. (2010). "Description and phylogenetic relationships of a new genus of octopus, Sasakiopus (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae), from the Bering Sea, with a redescription of Sasakiopus salebrosus (Sasaki, 1920)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 76(1): 57-66. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyp046.

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