Vosseledone
| Vosseledone | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Cephalopoda |
| Order: | Octopoda |
| Family: | Megaleledonidae |
| Genus: | Vosseledone Palacio, 1978 |
| Species: | V. charrua
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| Binomial name | |
| Vosseledone charrua Palacio, 1978[1]
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Vosseledone charrua, the Charrua octopus,[2] is a species of octopus, the only species in the monotypic genus Vosselodeone, in the family Megaleledonidae. It was described by Francisco J. Palacio in 1978 from specimens collected off southern South America in the South Atlantic Ocean. It was distinguished from closely related taxa by its well developed ink sac and its degenerate radula.[3] It appears to be restricted to consolidated substrates made up of relict corals.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Phillipe Bouchet (2010). "Vosseledone charrua Palacio, 1978". World Register of Marine Species. Flanders Marine Institute. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ^ Palomares ML, Pauly D, eds. (2017). "Vosseledone charrua" in SeaLifeBase. October 2017 version.
- ^ J. Palacio, Francisco (1978). "Vosseledone Charrua: A New Patagonian Cephalopod (Octopodidae) with Notes on Related Genera". Bulletin of Marine Science. 28: 282–296.
- ^ Ulrich Seeliger; Clarisse Odebrecht; Jorge P. Castello (2012). Subtropical Convergence Environments: The Coast and Sea in the Southwestern Atlantic. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 147. ISBN 978-3642604676.