Benthoctopus

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Benthoctopus
Benthoctopus sp. and clam on the Davidson Seamount at 1,461 m depth
Benthoctopus sp. and clam on the Davidson Seamount at 1,461 m depth
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Subclass: Coleoidea
Infraclass: Neocoleoidea
Superorder: Octopodiformes
Order: Octopoda
Suborder: Incirrina
Family: Octopodidae
Subfamily: Bathypolypodinae
Genus: Benthoctopus
Grimpe, 1921
Species

Around 25, see text.
Unidentified Benthoctopus species and orange-stalked crinoid on the Davidson Seamount at 2,422 m depth
Unidentified Benthoctopus species and orange-stalked crinoid on the Davidson Seamount at 2,422 m depth

Benthoctopus is a genus of octopuses comprising around 25 species. It is thus the most species-rich genus of the deep-sea subfamily Bathypolypodinae. They seem to occur worldwide, and most specimens have been brought up from depths of 200-3,000 m.[1]

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[edit] Species

New species are being described at a rate of approximately 1-2 per year on average.

  • Benthoctopus abruptus
  • Benthoctopus berryi
  • Benthoctopus canthylus
  • Benthoctopus clyderoperi
  • Benthoctopus ergasticus
  • Benthoctopus eureka (= B. hyadesi; tentatively placed here[1])
  • Benthoctopus fuscus (nomen dubium[1])
  • Benthoctopus hokkaidensis
  • Benthoctopus januarii – January Octopus
  • Benthoctopus karubar
  • Benthoctopus leioderma – Smoothskin Octopus
  • Benthoctopus levis
  • Benthoctopus longibrachus
  • Benthoctopus lothei (nomen dubium)
  • Benthoctopus macrophallus
  • Benthoctopus magellanicus (nomen dubium; tentatively placed here[1])
  • Benthoctopus oregonae
  • Benthoctopus oregonensis
  • Benthoctopus piscatorum
  • Benthoctopus profundorum
  • Benthoctopus pseudonymus (nomen dubium[1])
  • Benthoctopus robustus
  • Benthoctopus sibiricus
  • Benthoctopus tangaroa
  • Benthoctopus tegginmathae
  • Benthoctopus thielei
  • Benthoctopus yaquinae
  • Benthoctopus sp. A "Villarroel et al. 2001"[1]
  • Benthoctopus sp. B "Villarroel et al. 2001"[1]
  • Benthoctopus cf. januarii "Nesis 1973" (may be B. januarii or B. longibrachus)[1]

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Ibáñez et al. (2006)

[edit] References

  • Ibáñez, Christian M.; Sepúlveda, Roger D. & Chong, Javier (2006): A new species of Benthoctopus Grimpe, 1921 (Cephalopoda: Octopodidae) from the southeastern Pacific Ocean. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 119(3): 355–364. DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X(2006)119[355:ANSOBG]2.0.CO;2 HTML abstract

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